Were assembled in Enniston, Limerick (Ireland) by Text Lite Ltd.,Ī subsidary of Text Lite BV, led by Kevin Neville who owned 15%įor both product lines, the enclosures were designed by technical director Later display systems, such as the MM-300, MM-500 and MM-1000, Wim Hommel was responsible for sourcing of components in Taiwan and Japan. Whilst the PCBs were assembled in The Netherlands. In Taiwan and the LED panels were built by Liton (also in Taiwan), The cases were produced by Samwell Electronics The display systems were designed and developed at Text Lite BV The first display units entered the market in 1980. Scrolling text display (Dutch: lichtkrant). Series of 5 x 7 LED units that were mounted together as a complete Systems such as the MM300, MM500 and MM1000. The company started with Electronic Display Kees Bannink, Cor Hommel, Wim Hommel, Arie Hommel and Hugo Krop, with the latterīeing the technical director. Text Lite BV was founded in The Netherlands in 1979 by five entrepeneurs: They remained active in the business of Labelling, Safety and Identification That had been separated out of the Text Lite group some time earlier. Some of the business was taken over by Text Tell Ltd. It became the first major stock exchange fraude case in In 1990, Text Lite BV went into receivership, leaving a debt of more Tried to cover up the loss made on the Pocket Telex units. Pocket Telex units whilst the company had enormous stocks of them.Īs the display systems business was still running well, the company In 1987, Text Lite BV got in trouble after Philips stopped ordering The device, that supported strongĮncryption basedon the DES algorithm, was taken of the market in 1983Īt the request of the NSA, and was replaced in 1984 by a delibarately In other countries, the PX-1000 was also sold by Siemens,Īlcatel, Ericsson and others.