Cambion - The story so far

The Cambridge Thermionic Corporation was founded in the 1930’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA. The name Cambion being derived from the first four and last three letters of that name (Cambridge Thermionic Corporation).

The company quickly established a reputation in the USA as a quality supplier of small electro-mechanical and electronic components for the military and professional electronics markets.

In 1961 a parallel manufacturing facility was established in Castleton, Derbyshire, England to service an ever-expanding global market.

During the 1980’s ownership changes gave rise to various name iterations such as Midland Ross, IPI Limited & Hollingsworth.

In 1991 the Singaporean multi national Wearnes Corporation acquired the organisation to support its objectives for a greater Global presence.

Recently in 2013 WBL was taken over by United Engineers Limited another Singaporean top centennial company.

In 2016 company name changed from Wearnes Cambion Limited to Cambion Electronics Limited.