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Someone told me that the EI tube factory was accidentally bombed by NATO planes, so that for the foseeable future, EI is history. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
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The Ei factory is in fact in Nis, some distance from Belgrade. I visited it some while ago (before the bombings) and it was producing some tubes. A lot of the tube production equipemten has been sold of (by workers) and shipped to (ampont other plcaes, France) where some small scale production is taking place.A lot of the hand tools including presses were also sold on. A lot of the tubes reaching the market are not of the quality you'd expect from one of the most hi-teck factorys in the world, and the majority of the good stuff gets siphoned off to go to 'special' customers, leaving joe public with the remainder.
That's why some of the tubes are good, and others aren't. There's no reliable quality control on what reaches the market, though the quality control in the factory is good.
there's a company in the UK which is supposed to be the exclusive distributor for Ei stuff, but they're nowhere near the good stuff. so avoid it. Can't remember their name, but they lost their marketing guy a coule of years ago, and he was the only one who knew anything about it. The boss was too easily hoodwinked.
Unless you're absolutely sure of the quality, and can test before you buy, treat all Ei products with skepticism.
DW
There may have been some damage but this is an ancient
rumor dating back to the the Kosovo crisis.
Some of what Ei makes (they make a vague
reference to "military devices" among their
products) certainly could've made them a target.Any rate, here's their web site, it doesn't say much about
tubes tho:
http://www.eiexpo.co.yuThe case that the last bunch of 12AX7's we got is dated
April 25, 2002. Sounds like they're chugging right along.
Absolute crapola. Ei is in the former Yugoslavia; any military action of ANY KIND by NATO... and we would be seeing a LOT of high-ranking officers sweating bullets in the Hague. The factory is in Belgrade, which offers no military targets anyway. Wasn't destroyed in '94, won't ever be destroyed. To "accidentially" destroy a complex as large as Ei, which makes TV sets, washing machines, all manner of consumer goods, and tubes (almost as an afterthought )is laughable for so many reasons I'm having trouble listing them. 1. Ei is huge. A Nuclear Device or 20-40 laser guided bombs would be required. Neither of these ever are used "accidentally." 2. Nato is not a cowboy with a six-gun; they don't do ANYTHING accidentally. (well, maybe a little "collateral damage," but hey that's war-- or a police action) 3. We convicted Milosovic almost 6 mos. ago and are doing a bare minimum of flyovers in lightly armed or non-offensively armed planes. 4. This would be a big, big deal, not water-cooler "what happened last night on "Big Brother" type gossip. Thankfully, nothing like this ever did or likely ever will occur. Belgrade does not produce any materials of war.... just good tubes and consumer goods. Chris
Sorry to disagree, but the Ei tube factory has always been in Nis, approx 200kms away from Belgrade.
Nicolas
Thankfully level heads are prevailing.
I think that the factory was damaged 5 years ago, but the area where tubes were made was not damaged. The tubes were very scarce during the trade embargo on Yugoslavia prior to the change in government.Just what I have picked up. Micron knows more than I do if he was there.
The factory was never damaged in '92 or 94. That was the reason Ei tubes began appearing in Orion boxes emblazoned "made in Russia" We had a loose embargo to pressure Milosovic... that's all. Chris
Ei is producing tubes. The rumor you heard turned out to be untrue, and the rumor itself is 3-4 years old.I get new stock of Ei tubes all the time.
Hope not!!!
We visited the factory in NOV'2001.
Nicolas
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