![]() These products can be distinguished by the several brand logos shown on this page. The vast majority of Realtone branded products were marketed and distributed worldwide by Realtone Electronics Corp. then opened a factory in Hong Kong in 1966 under the name Realtone Electronics Ltd. The ownership position of Saul Ashkenazi in the Japan factory ended around 1965. They later used manufacturers in Hong Kong, Tiawan, Singapore, and China. They also used a factory in Okinawa, although that may be one of the preceeding codes. These used Japan Codes 518, 707, and 716. used at least three other factories in Japan to manufacture their products. ![]() SDI aquired licenses to market the Zenith and Timex brands in 1993, and reintroduced the Realtone and Soundesign brands in 2012 with retro clock radios and headphones. ![]() The company name was changed again to SDI Technologies in 1994 and the corporate office was moved to Rahway, NJ. The company changed its name to Soundesign Corporation in 1968, and continued to market and distribute the Realtone brand into the 1970's and the Soundesign brand into the 1980's. Some of the products were identical to the Realtone products except for the label. Realtone Electronics Corp began marketing the Soundesign brand in 1963. The factory was assigned Japan Code 604 around 1963. The Japan factory also made radios for other brands including Coronado, Truetone, Philco, Lincoln, Supreme, Longines Symphonette, Channel Master, Tonecrest, and perhaps others. provided marketing and distribution and Realtone Electronics, Inc. ![]() Ashkenazi was reported to be a 1/3 owner of the Japan company. At about the same time, Meyer Silvera and Rahmo Sassoon took over the operations of a Japanese electronics manufacturer which became Realtone Electronics, Inc. was formed in 1956 by Saul Ashkenazi (1920-2011) in order to market pocket transistor radios and Realite cigarette lighters. The evolution of these brands was rapid, along with changes in manufacturing locations. It does present, however, an interesting insight into the often opaque world of the Far East brands, distributors, and manufacturers. The history of Realtone is complicated, and there are many uncertainties. ![]()
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