Tag: Central Research Laboratories

Capacitance Altimeter

In early 1940, Alan Blumlein and his team at the EMI Central Research Labs began work on the technology behind the Capacitance Altimeter. This device works by measuring the differences in charge between a low lying aircraft and the charge at earth’s surface, therefore enabling aircraft and other vehicles to fly at night and in… Read more »

Alan Blumlein and the invention of Stereo

Alan Blumlein was a senior sound engineer at EMI’s Central Research Laboratories (CRL) on the Hayes factory site. He joined the company when Columbia and The Gramophone Company merged in 1931. Over his lifetime he was a prolific inventor, developing huge technological advances within the sound engineering field. After a night at the cinema with… Read more »

“Lest we forget”

The EMI Archive Trust honors the enormous sacrifices made by those in times of war. Please support The Royal British Legion’s work through the Poppy Appeal.

Memories of EMI

Rupert Perry’s Story of Manchester Square 1987 The Trust would like to thank Rupert Perry who has kindly agreed to be the first person to contribute a memory to our Memories of EMI Campaign – #memoriesofEMI. If you have any stories of your time with EMI to share, please join our Memories of EMI campaign.… Read more »

EMI Archive Trust “Made in Hayes” Exhibition

The Old Vinyl Factory is a new development based on the old “His Masters Voice” EMI factory site in Hayes. The newly converted office blocks currently host the ‘Made in Hayes’ exhibition about the heritage of the site and its roots in vinyl production. The EMI Group Archive Trust worked in collaboration with Cathedral Group… Read more »