REX (ZANUSSI) 26RT416 BOGOTA' YEAR 1981.

The REX (ZANUSSI) 26RT416 BOGOTA'   is a 27 inches color television with 30 programs PLL Synthesizer tuning and infrared remote control.

Designed by Gastone Zanello.

The remote control is fittable in a box where are even located local commands.

A manual tone control is also present with 2 way speaker system.

- Was first ZANUSSI Color tv featuring the PHILIPS TDA3560 Complete Pal Decoder with integrated circuit providing the color decoder of a television receiver set and in particular for a multistandard decoder for NTSC, PAL and SECAM (Here only PAL) .
Conventionally employed external components used for synchronizing and amplitude calibration are replaced by circuits forming part of an integrated circuit, which automatically adjust for the desired operational mode such as NTSC, PAL or SECAM in each case. This system saves previously required external components such as trimming resistors, potentiometers or quartz crystals.
It combines all functions required for the identification and demodulation of PAL signals.
Furthermore it contains a luminance amplifier, an RGB-matrix and amplifier. These
amplifiers supply output signals up to 5 V peak-to-peak (picture information) enabling direct drive of the discrete output stages.

- This models series was first ZANUSSI set using a Microcomputer (SGS) for Tuning and control functions.The use of indirect frequency synthesis , microcomputer-controlled tuning system, in television tuning systems was increasing because of the inherent advantages of this frequency tuning approach.

The indirect frequency synthesis tuning system utilizes a phase lock loop (PLL) that employs the local oscillator (LO, of the tuner for its voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). A stable, accurate reference signal is generated by a crystal oscillator and compared to the output of the LO that has been divided down in frequency in the PLL. By counting down from the LO which provides one input to the phase comparator, the PLL causes the signal thus produced to be exactly the same frequency as the reference signal which provides the other input to the phase comparator. The two signals will be slightly out of phase due to the static phase error of the PLL. With the PLL forcing both of the inputs to the phase comparator to be equal in frequency, a change in the division ratio between the LO and the phase comparator will result in a different LO frequency. It's a color television with PLL frequency synthesized tuning system, a television tuning system employs a frequency synthesizer system for establishing the tuning of the receiver, featured with a Microcomputer driven synthesis system.

The system employed in the tv permits utilization of a frequency synthesizer tuning system which correctly tunes to a desired television station or channel even if the transmitted signals from that station are not precisely maintained at the proper frequencies even in combination of a fine tuning adjustable by the user.

Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved tuning system for a television receiver.
It is an additional object of this invention to provide an improved frequency synthesizer tuning system for a television receiver.
A microcomputer control system is described for effecting channel tuning and function selection in a television receiver. The system will respond to commands entered by a set of controls at the television receiver or to remote control commands received at the television receiver. A channel number display is also provided whereby the channel number of a station currently tuned is displayed. A microprocessor within the system is programmed to validate control information received from an operator either by remotely generated commands or by controls located on the television receiver. Operator supplied information is processed and implemented by the microprocessor control system to effect control over the television receiver.
Microprocessor technology has recently provided circuit designers with a new basic design component. The microprocessor is capable of duplicating many functions heretofore realized with the use of large scale computer systems. The microprocessors have the advantage of being small, low power consumption devices capable of being programmed with instructions for executing mathematical algorithms on data supplied to the microprocessor. The microprocessor, when properly programmed, will execute a set of instructions providing output data during execution which may be used to control a process or apparatus.
The control of television receivers has heretofore required separate circuits for effecting channel selection, function selection and level setting, and remote control. With the microprocessor it has become possible to control these performance aspects with a single preprogrammed microprocessor and suitable input/output circuits. Data indicating the selection of a new channel to be tuned or a function to be controlled by an operator of the television receiver may be supplied to the input port of the microprocessor. This data may be supplied from a set of hand controls or a transducer for detecting remotely generated commands. Remote control systems presently incorporated in many television receivers provide operation of a television receiver by transmitting information bearing ultrasonic sound waves or infrared light waves to the television receiver. These waves when received at the television receiver are decoded into an electrical signal for effecting the change in channel tuning or function level. The microprocessor has the capability of validating this electrical signal and performing all decoding pursuant to preprogrammed instructions. These instructions, when executed by the microprocessor, generate a digital signal for effecting the desired channel change or function level change.

PLL SYNTHESIZED TUNING System Concepts:

INTRODUCTION Digital tuning systems are fast replacing the conventional mechanical systems in AM FM and television receivers The desirability of the digital approach is mainly due to the following features * Precise tuning of station frequencies
* Exact digital frequency display
* Keyboard entry of desired frequency
* Virtually unlimited station memory
* Up down scanning through the band
* Station ‘‘search’’ (stop on next active station)
* Power on to the last station
* Easy option for time-of-day clock In addition
" recent "developments in large scale integrated circuit technology and new varactor diodes for the AM band have made the cost-benefit picture for digital tuning very attractive System partitioning is extremely important in optimizing this cost-benefit picture as will be discussed.

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
A simplified block diagram of a typical digitally tuned receiver is shown in Figure 1 Notice this receiver could be one for AM FM marine radio or television it makes no difference The frequency synthesizer block generates the local oscillator frequency for the receiver just as a conventional mechanical tuner would However the phase-locked-loop (PLL) acts as an integral frequency multiplier of an accurate crystal controlled reference frequency while the mechanical type provides a continuously variable frequency output with no reference Some method of controlling the value of the multiplier for channel tuning must be provided The other RF IF and audio video circuitry will be the same as in the mechanical tuning method There are many different ways to partition the frequency synthesizer system to perform the digital tuning function................



It has a Transistorized horizontal deflection circuits  made up of a horizontal switching or output transistor, a diode, one or more capacitors and a deflection winding. The output transistor, operating as a switch, is driven by a horizontal rate square wave signal and conducts during a portion of the horizontal trace interval. A diode, connected in parallel with the transistor, conducts during the remainder of the trace interval. A retrace capacitor and the deflection yoke winding are coupled in parallel across the transistor-diode combination. Energy is transferred into and out of the deflection winding via the diode and output transistor during the trace interval and via the retrace capacitor during the retrace interval.
In some television receivers, the collector of the horizontal output transistor is coupled to the B+ power supply through the primary windings of the high voltage transformer.

The New chassis BS500 Was very reliable with few issues mainly in EHT external bleeder faults.



Zanussi was an Italian producer of home appliances that in 1984 was bought by Electrolux . Zanussi is a leading brand for domestic kitchen appliances in Europe. Products have been exported from Italy since 1946.

The Zanussi Company began as the small workshop of Antonio Zanussi in 1916. The enterprising 26-year-old son of a blacksmith in Pordenone in Northeastern Italy began the business by making home stoves and wood-burning ovens.
After his father death in 1946 “Lino Zanussi” became the President of the company.
In the early 1970s Zanussi sold a lot in the UK and for some time after under the “Zoppas” brand, name which had been acquired, making Zanussi the first largest Italian appliance maker. They also produced washing machines Hotpoint for Hotpoint at this time which were very reliable and highly rated by users and engineers.
In the late 1970s and into the early 1980s the company had a range of washing machines which used an induction motor with a clutch pulley system. Again this range proved extremely popular and very reliable.
During this period Zanussi Professional, the catering range of appliances for commercial use, became a separate division in its own right.
In the early 1980s Zanussi launched the Jetsystem washing machine range to great acclaim whilst at the same time running the “Appliance Of Science” advertising campaign which is acknowledged as one of the most successful marketing campaigns of all time, in fact still remembered by many today. This gave the brand the impression of being forward thinking and innovative.
Zanussi has recently been rebranded as Zanussi-Electrolux in line with many other Electrolux brand names. Since that time many Zanussi appliances share common components and parts with the rest of the Electrolux range, primarily Electrolux, Tricity Bendix and AEG although it is worth noting that the “John Lewis” branded machines sold by the John Lewis Partnership in the UK are effectively rebranded Zanussi appliances.
In the late 1980s Zanussi launched the split tank design known as the “Nexus Tub” design which endures to this day with little change. The tub, base and certain other parts are made from a plastic material known as “Carboran” which can be re-used several times if recycled. To this day neither Zanussi or Electrolux has provided any way to return this material for recycling purposes.

Up until the end of the 1980s Zanussi service was run from Slough and was a network of independent repairers who gave an unparalleled service level. It is generally acknowledged within the industry that this service network was the best that there has ever been in the UK.
In the early 1990s Electrolux instigated amalgamating all its UK brands under one service entity. This entity was split, dependent on region, between the Zanussi service agents and the local Electrolux Service Centre. In general those in a high population density area where given to the Electrolux employed centres. Tricity Bendix, Electrolux and AEG as well as Zanussi were all to be serviced by the one network.
This was changed in the late 1990s and early 2000s as Electrolux sold or gave away the regional service centres, generally to the existing management or to area managers to run as independent businesses.
This service network was rebranded and became Service Force which still exists today but is, once again, all operated by independent service companies who repair and supply spare parts for all of the brands.................

 ..........................when the president Lino Zanussi died in a plane crash in June 1968 - Zanussi
Industries was the first Italian manufacturer of white goods and employs approximately 13000 employees.

When the Zanussi group of Pordenone lives a first phase of  financial stress then Lamberto Mazza, who succeeded Lino Zanussi, decides to liquidate some social funds with share capital held by Guido Zanussi  causing an outlay of 16 billion lire of that era.

Despite the Huge outlay to cope with such a withdrawal, the group aquired, in the course of 1970, competitor like Zoppas the other big Italian manufacturer of household appliances, which was,
significantly in debt due of an acquisition of Triplex in Solarolo and a construction of the new plant in Susegana.

The Zoppas, whose factories were located in Conegliano Veneto (TV), has a history quite similar to Zanussi: it is in fact founded by Ferdinand Zoppas in 1926 as an artisan company repair of wood-burning stoves and then spread widely and rapidly under the leadership of his sons Augusto and Gino.

Zanussi president, Lamberto Mazza, alleged a plan to achieve an optimal size to compete at the European level if not the world, strengthening the shares held by Zanussi on the Italian market to avoid  the entry of foreign competitors (in particular the U.S. Westinghouse).

The Financial stress imposed on Zanussi by acquisition of Zoppas and, simultaneously, the increase in the incidence both of labor costs and reasons of rise up of activity intensity (In the space of a short pass from 13,000 employees to 24,000 units?)  is faced with:

a. the sale to the German AEG-Telefunken
an amount equal to 25.01% of the Zanussi S.p.A.
(The operational holding company of the group)

(The share of ownership AEG-Telefunken is subsequently recognized in 1978 by Voet-Alpine.)


b. to loans from Italian Istituto Mobiliare
(IMI);

c.
about a loan of about two hundred million marks
disbursed in 1974 from Dresden Bank.

The union conflicts, the impact of labor costs (in 1974 Zanussi occupies nearly 31,000 employees), the Debt contract with institutions credit and the first oil shock induce Lamberto Mazza to start a rapid process of diversification The core of this strategy is, however, the belief that the market of appliance White has come to its stage of maturity, with a saturation level  and the consequent reduction of typical viability.

Therefore, in this back of years Zanussi invests substantial financial resources to acquiring control of businesses;

(The process of growth of Zanussi,  nevertheless sees the creation of new realities companys as a result of corporate spin-offs.

Considering, for example,

Zanussi Grandi Cucine SpA, Zanussi Grandi Impianti
SpA, Air Zanussi SpA, Zanussi Components for Construction SpA, the Industrialised Building ZanussiFarsura SpA to subsidiaries Iberian Zinsa-Zanussi Industrial SA Compania SA and Industrias Electrodomesticas,
and Lastly Anglo-Saxon Iaz International Ltd., was established in 1979
well as the company insurance and financial intermediation
group, called Infinas S.p.A.) with few exceptions   activities not related with the core business.

In particular, remembering the concentrations of corporate sectors relating to paper (Paper Mill Galvani SpA, Cartopiave SpA and subsidiaries Cartosud and Silica), electronic (Ducati Electrical, Electronics-Inelco), construction (Seicom-Building for Integrated Components SpA), metallurgical (Smalteria and Metallurgical Veneta SpA), hotel (Borsa SpA) of furniture (Galvani Porcelain SpA, Sambuceto SA, Meson's Spring SpA SpA and its subsidiaries and Pagnucco SpA), components (Ilpea Gomma SpA), photographic equipment ( Fotomec San Marco SpA) of entertainment
(Udinese Calcio SpA) and solar photovoltaics.

(The investments of Zanussi happenned sometimes even in the indirect form
 which is made through the CISVE (Industrial Consortium
Economic Development), founded by Lamberto Mazza in quality of
President of the association of Industrialists of Pordenone, as well, since 1978, through the Industrial Finance SpA, a company financial system constituted specifically for that.)

the Organization Company is  formed in a matrix in which the divisional activities and  are then grouped into the following sections:

1.apparatus for heating;
2.components for Building;
3.solar panels;
4.apparatus Idronet (for potability of the water);
5.components;
6.apparatus different from electronic television sets.

But when the financial situation Worsened in 1983,
Zanussi family the shareholder majority, distrusted Lamberto Mazza replacing him
initially with Umberto Cuttica, former manager of FIAT,
then later with Gianfranco Zoppas, husband of Antonia Zanussi and son Lino.

The corporate reorganization plan was then prepared by the new management and was designed to focus the now scarce financial resources in the core business of group, to continue or to divest a number of activities not closely related ( Air Zanussi, Zanussi Construction Industrialized, Zanussi Electronics, Paper Mill Galvani,Pagnucco, Fotomec, New Cartopiave) , thus preparing the field for the sale of the Entire group to Electrolux, the Swedish multinational leader in field of white goods.



Stern / REX / Zanussi / Seleco (WAS) is an electronics company based in Pordenone, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. It is part of Super//Fluo, who bought the rights in August, 2006, along with Brionvega and Imperial.


Sèleco was born as in 1965 as a spin-off from the home appliances maker Zanussi. In the first years of his life, Seleco produced almost black and white televisions with the Zanussi or Rex brand. The company was being sold in 1984, and was first acquired by Gian Mario Rossignolo. He first became president and then main stockholder.
During the 1980s, the company launched worldwide marketing campaigns and began sponsoring some of the most famous Italian soccer team, such as Lazio A.S..
During the '90s, the company was mainly concentrated on the production of pay-tv decoders, but in 1993 suffered from a loss of competitivity. With the intent to reshape its position and to get gave new life to the company, Gian Mario Rossignolo bought Brionvega from the Brion family, the founder. This attempt get to nowhere, so the company was forced to declare failure in 1997. During the years, Sèleco has passed through ups and downs, at the end being overcome by the continuous changes in the electronics world.
After the crack-down, the company and all its interests were bought by the Formenti family. That gave life to the Seleco-Formenti Group, owner of the rights for the brands Sèleco, Rex, Phonola, Imperial, Stern, Phoenix, Televideon, Kerion and Webrik.
The Formenti family re-launched the company with the production of CRT-TVs. In 2000, the company suffered of a strong crisis, following the price dumping made by Turkish manufacturers. That seems to led to end of the Sèleco and Brionvega story, as the Sèleco-Formenti Group was forced to liquidation.
In 2004, the rights for the radio branch were bought by Sim2 Multimedia, and all the television interests (for the brands Sèleco, Brionvega and Imperial) were acquired by Super//Fluo in August 2006.
History of Industrial Design Zanussi

In 1916 Antonio Zanussi founded his company, Officina Fumisteria Antonio Zanussi, based in Pordenone . In 1933 the brand-name REX was adopted.

In 1946 following the war and after the death of Antonio Zanussi, his son Lino succeeded him. The entrepreneurial attitude, vision and passion of a product brought Lino Zanussi, in 1954, to call Gino Valle as a consultant for the design of products. Gino Valle who had already worked for years with the company for the design of factories and office buildings, then assumed the role as an external consultant for the design of their products.

His philosophy could be summed up in the design of the appliance as a fundamental and integral part of the kitchen. Zanussi products were already known internationally for their high degree of innovation and quality, and designed by Gino Valle helped them to be appreciated even more. He was responsible, among many, for the design of the first washing machine produced at Zanussi, the model “Rex 201”, which in 1958 marked the debut of the company in the production of washing machines (licensed Westinghouse). Only two years later, Rex was born with the automatic “Model 260”, designed and manufactured by Zanussi. Then, the design of the compact kitchen unit “UNIREX” was designed in which one single large appliance had more functions, from the conservation to the cooking phase.

Gino Valle also designed the first television products produced by Zanussi. One of these in particular, shows it was already clear from those years of innovative research that the model was equipped with a wire remote control. 

This was in 1956. In 1958 Valle called Gastone Zanello from his architect’s studio Avon, based in Udine.

Zanello was given the internal responsibility of the Zanussi Industrial Design until 1981 when he went to Seleco (Zanussi brand for electronics) as Head of Design. The company A.Zanussi Industries was one of the first to join the ADI (Italian Industrial Design Association) and by ADI in 1962 it received its first recognition in quality level: the kitchen, 700 series was awarded the Compasso d’Oro in 1962. Not long after, in 1967, came the second Compasso d’Oro, with the famous P.5 compact washing machine and this appliance remained in production for almost twenty years. Gastone Zanello introduced the concepts of dimensional and aesthetic coordination between the products. "Coordinata 67" was the name of the project that involved the design and production of not only Zanussi technology for the appliances but also for cabinets, bases, wall cabinets and columns to form the entire kitchen environment.

The project remained on paper and at a prototype stage, but it allowed Zanussi to deal competently with the growing market for Built-In appliances.

In 1976 the internal Industrial Design Studio was flanked by the contribution of the Studio Andries Van Onck. The company Zanussi was suffering from an overcrowding of brands, due to its subsequent acquisitions, and in fact, during the Sixties and Seventies, the company absorbed important industries( Becchi, Stice, Castor, Zoppas, Triplex) and founded the Zanussi Group. With the joint work of Studio Van Onck and Zanussi, Industrial Design was responsible for the creation of the so-called “Family Lines”, an element of order and at the same time distinguishing it among the many brands of the group. In collaboration with the Studio Van Onck, studies were made of the possibilities of typological and topological dashboards, the creation of basic rules for using the product graphics, expressed in designing families of symbols, use of lettering and use of color.

From 1982, Roberto Pezzetta was responsible for internal Zanussi Industrial Design. (Giacomo Borin, Gastone Zanello, Roberto Foschia, Giorgio Revoldini). He and his staff had the task of carrying forward the great tradition of Zanussi Design.

In 1984 the Swedish multinational Electrolux acquired control of the company; the Industrial Design Office became one of the three major Design Centers that the Electrolux Group had in the world: Stockholm, Pordenone and Columbus (Ohio-U.S.). Above all, the size of its initial composition had changed, as Electrolux was a group that was characterized by a big dimension in the world, with 37 brands, 40 factories and 15 million units produced. The horizon then expanded; the complexity became the main element to manage. In this case one of the largest contributions came from the joint work between design and marketing to create the Family Lines of the Electrolux Group, a task facilitated by the work done previously by Zanussi.

In terms of creating new models, the amount of work to manage the new complexity did not preclude Roberto Pezzetta and his staff from "inventing", in 1986, the first totally hidden dishwasher and other innovations both from a formal and conceptual point of view . In 1987 Zanussi presented "The Wizard's Collection" designed by Pezzetta and the Zanussi Industrial Design Center and was selected at the Compasso d’Oro in 1987 and 1989. The family of refrigerators “Wizard” was a real small revolution in the so-called white appliances, the refrigerator was the revival of the object intended as the main character with its own form and color. The following year, it was joined by the completely black “Wizard” cooktops and ovens. From then on there were countless stories of success in the Industrial Design Zanussi, among other things, the creation of a set of "new characters": the prototypes “Zoe” (washing machine invented in 1989), “Teo” (electric cooker), and “Oz” refrigerator manufactured in 1998. “Input” was the electronic washing machine studied for the intuitive usability of the dashboard, while “Amie” was a washing machine designed especially for such users as the elderly, visually impaired and blind people.

In the following years the design efforts of the Zanussi Industrial Design Center focused particularly on Built-In appliances, shown by the series of ovens and dishwashers Softech with the front surface of tempered glass deformed in three dimensions, in which case the color became a fundamental characteristic of the range. In 2000 two new products, the washing machine “IZ” (named “Jetsy”- Rex in Italy) and Rex hit series “QUADRO” for Built-in, both also awarded the GOOD DESIGN Award of Chicago (among other prizes). "IZZI" in 2002, was the dishwasher from the latest green technology as part of the so-called free-standing equipment.

Then, the great tradition of designing Zanussi appliances for the kitchen environment continued with the "H-Boxes" series, a complete set of equipment aggregated in structural stainless steel.

Meanwhile, the Zanussi Industrial Design Center, led by Pezzetta for two decades from 1982 to 2002, became Electrolux European Design Center based in Pordenone and Roberto Pezzetta ended the Zanussi cycle assuming the role of Creative Design Director of Electrolux Group (2002–2005).
THIS INDUSTRY IS TODAY DEAD !!!!

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^ Brionvega cambia famiglia. Alla Seleco la maggioranza, in Corriere della Sera, 3 luglio 1992, p. 21.
^ Finarte cede a Seleco 15% della Brionvega, in Corriere della Sera, 13 agosto 1992, p. 17.
^ LA BRIONVEGA ACQUISTATA DALLA SELECO DI ROSSIGNOLO, in La Repubblica, 3 luglio 1992, p. 49. URL consultato il 7 aprile 2021.

G. Lonardi, SELECO, SI DIMETTONO ROSSIGNOLO E WERTOEN, in La Repubblica, 14 novembre 1993, p. 47. URL consultato il 7 aprile 2021.
^ Seleco, ricapitalizzazione in vista, arrivano imprenditori da Malta, in Corriere della Sera, 16 gennaio 1994, p. 17.

G. Lonardi, SELECO, PROTESTA OPERAIA ' NO AL COMMISSARIO', in La Repubblica, 1º febbraio 1994, p. 43. URL consultato il 7 aprile 2021.
^ Redazione, SELECO: IL PRESIDENTE SEQUESTRATO DAGLI OPERAI (2), in ADN Kronos, 3 febbraio 1994. URL consultato il 7 aprile 2021.
^ F. Pinotti, Esplode il caso Seleco, la parola a Ciampi, in Corriere della Sera, 3 febbraio 1994, p. 17.
^ G. Lonardi, SELECO, CIAMPI VUOLE SALVARLA, in La Repubblica, 4 febbraio 1994, p. 45. URL consultato il 7 aprile 2021.
^ Seleco, i sindacati approvano il piano, in Corriere della Sera, 10 febbraio 1994, p. 21.
^ Seleco, ok del governo al piano di Rossignolo, in Corriere della Sera, 12 febbraio 1994, p. 19.
^ G. Lonardi, DENARO FRESCO PER SELECO, in La Repubblica, 12 marzo 1994, p. 44. URL consultato il 7 aprile 2021.

LA SELECO COMPLETA L'AUMENTO DI CAPITALE, in La Repubblica, 4 agosto 1994, p. 40. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ Terminato l'aumento di capitale della Seleco, in Corriere della Sera, 6 agosto 1994, p. 14.
^ Seleco, al via il rilancio. Anche i dipendenti soci, in Corriere della Sera, 8 settembre 1994, p. 21.
^ AZIENDE FLASH, in La Repubblica, 6 settembre 1996, p. 26. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ Redazione, TLC: NASCE SELECO-ITALTEL MULTIMEDIA, in ADN Kronos, 13 settembre 1996. URL consultato il 3 aprile 2021.
^ Nozze televisive per Seleco e Italtel, in Corriere della Sera, 14 settembre 1994, p. 21.
^ Redazione, Sèleco e Italtel, una jv nel digitale, in Italia Oggi, n. 223, 14 settembre 1996, p. 12. URL consultato il 3 aprile 2021.

SELECO, PIU' MAGRI PIU' SANI, in La Repubblica - Affari & Finanza, 13 gennaio 1997, p. 9. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ G. Lonardi, SELECO CHIUDE PER SETTE GIORNI, in La Repubblica - Affari & Finanza, 14 gennaio 1997, p. 9. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ Redazione, Fallimento in vista per Seleco, in Italia Oggi, n. 30, 6 febbraio 1997, p. 13. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ INTERROGAZIONE A RISPOSTA SCRITTA 4/06576 presentata da CONTENTO MANLIO (ALLEANZA NAZIONALE) in data 19970115, su dati.camera.it. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ G. Lonardi, SI SPEGNE LA TV MADE IN ITALY, in La Repubblica, 19 aprile 1997, p. 27. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ A FORMENTI I MARCHI SELECO, in La Repubblica, 21 dicembre 1997, p. 28. URL consultato il 1º aprile 2021.
^ Alla Seleco ricomincia la produzione di televisori, in La Repubblica, 12 aprile 1998, p. 21. URL consultato l'8 aprile 2021.
^ Redazione, SÈLECO-FORMENTI: NEL SEMESTRE VENDITE A +26%; E A SETTEMBRE TORNA PHONOLA, in E-Duesse.it, 27 giugno 2001. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ E. Del Giudice, Seleco in liquidazione, saltano 150 posti, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 3 novembre 2004, p. 1. URL consultato il 2 aprile 2021.
^ Seleco in liquidazione, saltano 150 posti, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 30 dicembre 2004, p. 2. URL consultato il 2 aprile 2021.
^ A. Falini, La straordinaria amministrazione. Elementi di criticità nella comunicazione e nel controllo delle imprese in amministrazione straordinaria, Franco Angeli, 2008, p. 138.
^ E. Del Giudice, Il commissario della Seleco: «Ora sulle cessioni decido io», in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 4 gennaio 2005, p. 5. URL consultato il 2 aprile 2021.
^ C. Rigo, Ceduta la Seleco, in salvo 75 lavoratori, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 15 agosto 2006, p. 1. URL consultato il 2 aprile 2021.
^ C. Rigo, Un udinese acquista la Seleco, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Udine, 15 agosto 2006, p. 5. URL consultato il 2 aprile 2021.
^ E. Del Giudice, E' stata costituita Seleco Spa, riparte la produzione, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Udine, 19 ottobre 2006, p. 2. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ I. M. Scalise, Super Fluo rilancia Sèleco. «La tv a lcd cambia faccia», in La Repubblica.it, 9 giugno 2008. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ E. Del Giudice, SuperFluo in liquidazione In ansia i 96 lavoratori, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 4 marzo 2009, p. 4. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ E. Del Giudice, Seleco, terzo fallimento: a casa 97 lavoratori Il "nodo" dei marchi crea difficoltà a Sim2, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 17 ottobre 2009, p. 8. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ E. Del Giudice, Seleco, terzo fallimento: a casa 97 lavoratori Il "nodo" dei marchi crea difficoltà a Sim2, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 13 aprile 2010, p. 4. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ A. Cattaneo, TWENTY ACQUISISCE IL MARCHIO SÈLECO, in E-Duesse.it, 21 dicembre 2016. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ A. Bacci, Rinasce la Seleco, previste 50 assunzioni, in Messaggero Veneto-Sezione di Pordenone, 5 aprile 2017, p. 21. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ E. Sesta, TWENTY SPA CAMBIA IN SÈLECO SPA, in E-Duesse.it, 11 maggio 2017. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.

R. Broch, SÈLECO AL CAPOLINEA, in E-Duesse.it, 27 maggio 2019. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021 (archiviato dall'url originale il 25 settembre 2020).
^ Seleco ancora "impantanata" Sì al concordato preventivo, in Messaggero Veneto, 3 novembre 2018, p. 26. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.

A. Bacci, Sèleco, scoperto il bluff: addio rilancio Il tribunale ha dichiarato il fallimento, in Messaggero Veneto - Sezione di Pordenone, 17 maggio 2019, p. 21. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ Redazione, Sèleco torna sul mercato italiano, in Bianco & Bruno, 12 gennaio 2021. URL consultato il 9 aprile 2021.
^ Domani in campo con SELECO, articolo di sslazio.it del 29 aprile 2017, su sslazio.it. URL consultato il 4 maggio 2017 (archiviato il 31 luglio 2017).
^ Sèleco sponsor ufficiale, articolo di sslazio.it del 2 maggio 2017, su sslazio.it. URL consultato il 4 maggio 2017 (archiviato il 15 maggio 2017).
^ Cuore Napoli Basket, è ufficiale la partnership con Sèleco, articolo di iamnaples.it dell'11 maggio 2017, su iamnaples.it. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2017 (archiviato il 31 luglio 2017).
^ Sèleco è il nuovo title sponsor della Nuoto Catania, articolo di seleco.it del 27 luglio 2017, su seleco.it. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2017 (archiviato dall'url originale il 31 luglio 2017).
^ Presentati gli sponsor della maglia ufficiale 2017/2018, articolo di uspontedera.it del 26 agosto 2017, su uspontedera.it. URL consultato il 26 novembre 2017 (archiviato il 30 giugno 2018).
^ Sèleco rafforza il legame con la S.S. Lazio posizionando il marchio Easy Life sul retro maglia, articolo di sslazio.it dell'11 agosto 2017, su sslazio.it. URL consultato l'11 agosto 2017 (archiviato il 12 agosto 2017).
^ Sèleco Home è Main sponsor dell’Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, articolo di seleco.it del 25 agosto 2017, su seleco.it. URL consultato il 1º settembre 2017 (archiviato dall'url originale il 2 settembre 2017).
^ COMUNICATO STAMPA Archiviato il 29 giugno 2018 in Internet Archive. - propiacenza.it, 29 giu 2018
^ Sèleco nuovo sponsor di UYBA Volley! Archiviato il 24 febbraio 2019 in Internet Archive. - legavolleyfemminile.it, 1 sett 2018
^ https://www.pescaracalcio.com/seleco-nuovo-main-sponsor

Bibliografia

• M. Boni, A. Terasso, Sèleco. Storia di miliardi, bugie e illusioni, San Vito al Tagliamento, Ellerani, 1999, ISBN 88-85339-04-2.
• M. Boni, Sèlecochoc. La scarica mortale a un comparto in agonia., Pordenone, Edizioni L'Omino Rosso, 2009.
• T. Donovan, Replay. The History of Video Games, Lewes, Yellow Ant, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9565072-2-8.

External links

• Official website
• Super//Fluo

"Electrolux - History time line". electrolux.com. 2010-02-03. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

Some References:

"Twenty completed the acquisition of Sèleco". Home Appliances World. Milan: Tecniche Nuove. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
"Cessione Società" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Pro Piacenza 1919. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

Del Giudice, Elena (28 September 2017). "Una romana di 78 anni è la proprietaria della nuova Sèleco". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2019.

"Pro Piacenza, la società passa alla Seleco". Corriere dello Sport - Stadio (in Italian). 29 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018. 
 
^ "Grazie a finanziamenti agevolati arrivano alla Sèleco 102 miliardi", articolo di Repubblica del 28 dicembre 1984 ^ "L'Electrolux minaccia la vendita della Sèleco", articolo di Repubblica del 13 novembre 1987 ^ "La Sèleco a Rossignolo e la REL va in pensione", articolo di Repubblica del 1º marzo 1991 ^ "A Sèleco il controllo della spagnola Elbe", articolo del Corriere della Sera del 18 marzo 1992 ^ "Terminato l'aumento di capitale della Sèleco", articolo del Corriere della Sera del 6 agosto 1994 ^ SELECO: COMPLETATO AUMENTO DI CAPITALE, Adnkronos, 3 agosto 1994. URL consultato il 30 giugno 2018 (archiviato il 30 giugno 2018). ^ "Sèleco, al via il rilancio anche i dipendenti soci", articolo del Corriere della Sera dell'8 settembre 1994 ^ SELECO RICAPITALIZZATA CHIAMA ALLA PRESIDENZA MARIO BORTOLUSSI, la Repubblica, 8 settembre 1994. URL consultato il 30 giugno 2018. ^ 2000/536/CE: Decisione della Commissione, del 2 giugno 1999, relativa all'aiuto di Stato concesso dall'Italia all'impresa Seleco SpA, EUR-Lex - 32000D0536 - EN. URL consultato il 21 gennaio 2018 (archiviato il 21 gennaio 2018). 

«[...] il fallimento di Seleco era stato dichiarato in data 17 aprile 1997 [...]». ^ "Super//Fluo in liquidazione. In ansia i 96 lavoratori", articolo del Messaggero Veneto del 4 marzo 2009 ^ "È A-Data uno dei partner dell'ex Sèleco", articolo del Messaggero Veneto del 28 marzo 2009 ^ "Terzo fallimento Sèleco, a casa in 97", articolo de Il Giornale del Friuli del 17 ottobre 2009 ^ Twenty acquisisce il marchio Sèleco, Editoriale Duesse-Cons. Electronics, 21 dicembre 2016 ^ Rinasce la Sèleco, previste 50 assunzioni, Messaggero Veneto, 5 aprile 2017 ^ Trieste, Sèleco sbarca in Porto vecchio del 26 settembre 2017 ^ Sèleco, il tribunale di Milano dichiara il fallimento del 16 maggio 2019 ^ Domani in campo con SELECO, articolo di sslazio.it del 29 aprile 2017 ^ Sèleco sponsor ufficiale, articolo di sslazio.it del 2 maggio 2017 ^ Cuore Napoli Basket, è ufficiale la partnership con Sèleco, articolo di iamnaples.it dell'11 maggio 2017 ^ Sèleco è il nuovo title sponsor della Nuoto Catania, articolo di seleco.it del 27 luglio 2017 ^ Presentati gli sponsor della maglia ufficiale 2017/2018, articolo di uspontedera.it del 26 agosto 2017 ^ Sèleco rafforza il legame con la S.S. Lazio posizionando il marchio Easy Life sul retro maglia, articolo di sslazio.it dell'11 agosto 2017 ^ Sèleco Home è Main sponsor dell’Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, articolo di seleco.it del 25 agosto 2017 ^ COMUNICATO STAMPA Archiviato il 29 giugno 2018 in Internet Archive. - propiacenza.it, 29 giu 2018 ^ Sèleco nuovo sponsor di UYBA Volley! - legavolleyfemminile.it, 1 sett 2018.

Ghoshal, Sumantra; Haspeslagh, Philippe (1990-12-01). "The acquisition and integration of Zanussi by Electrolux : A case study". European Management Journal. 8 (4): 414–433. doi:10.1016/0263-2373(90)90102-C. ISSN 0263-2373.

 "Twenty completed the acquisition of Sèleco". Home Appliances World. Milan: Tecniche Nuove. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

"Cessione Società" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S. Pro Piacenza 1919. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.

Del Giudice, Elena (28 September 2017). "Una romana di 78 anni è la proprietaria della nuova Sèleco". Messaggero Veneto (in Italian). Retrieved 20 May 2019.

"Pro Piacenza, la società passa alla Seleco". Corriere dello Sport - Stadio (in Italian). 29 June 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018. 
 
^ "Grazie a finanziamenti agevolati arrivano alla Sèleco 102 miliardi", articolo di Repubblica del 28 dicembre 1984 ^ "L'Electrolux minaccia la vendita della Sèleco", articolo di Repubblica del 13 novembre 1987 ^ "La Sèleco a Rossignolo e la REL va in pensione", articolo di Repubblica del 1º marzo 1991 ^ "A Sèleco il controllo della spagnola Elbe", articolo del Corriere della Sera del 18 marzo 1992 ^ "Terminato l'aumento di capitale della Sèleco", articolo del Corriere della Sera del 6 agosto 1994 ^ SELECO: COMPLETATO AUMENTO DI CAPITALE, Adnkronos, 3 agosto 1994. URL consultato il 30 giugno 2018 (archiviato il 30 giugno 2018). ^ "Sèleco, al via il rilancio anche i dipendenti soci", articolo del Corriere della Sera dell'8 settembre 1994 ^ SELECO RICAPITALIZZATA CHIAMA ALLA PRESIDENZA MARIO BORTOLUSSI, la Repubblica, 8 settembre 1994. URL consultato il 30 giugno 2018. ^ 2000/536/CE: Decisione della Commissione, del 2 giugno 1999, relativa all'aiuto di Stato concesso dall'Italia all'impresa Seleco SpA, EUR-Lex - 32000D0536 - EN. URL consultato il 21 gennaio 2018 (archiviato il 21 gennaio 2018). 

«[...] il fallimento di Seleco era stato dichiarato in data 17 aprile 1997 [...]». ^ "Super//Fluo in liquidazione. In ansia i 96 lavoratori", articolo del Messaggero Veneto del 4 marzo 2009 ^ "È A-Data uno dei partner dell'ex Sèleco", articolo del Messaggero Veneto del 28 marzo 2009 ^ "Terzo fallimento Sèleco, a casa in 97", articolo de Il Giornale del Friuli del 17 ottobre 2009 ^ Twenty acquisisce il marchio Sèleco, Editoriale Duesse-Cons. Electronics, 21 dicembre 2016 ^ Rinasce la Sèleco, previste 50 assunzioni, Messaggero Veneto, 5 aprile 2017 ^ Trieste, Sèleco sbarca in Porto vecchio del 26 settembre 2017 ^ Sèleco, il tribunale di Milano dichiara il fallimento del 16 maggio 2019 ^ Domani in campo con SELECO, articolo di sslazio.it del 29 aprile 2017 ^ Sèleco sponsor ufficiale, articolo di sslazio.it del 2 maggio 2017 ^ Cuore Napoli Basket, è ufficiale la partnership con Sèleco, articolo di iamnaples.it dell'11 maggio 2017 ^ Sèleco è il nuovo title sponsor della Nuoto Catania, articolo di seleco.it del 27 luglio 2017 ^ Presentati gli sponsor della maglia ufficiale 2017/2018, articolo di uspontedera.it del 26 agosto 2017 ^ Sèleco rafforza il legame con la S.S. Lazio posizionando il marchio Easy Life sul retro maglia, articolo di sslazio.it dell'11 agosto 2017 ^ Sèleco Home è Main sponsor dell’Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, articolo di seleco.it del 25 agosto 2017 ^ COMUNICATO STAMPA Archiviato il 29 giugno 2018 in Internet Archive. - propiacenza.it, 29 giu 2018 ^ Sèleco nuovo sponsor di UYBA Volley! - legavolleyfemminile.it, 1 sett 2018.

"Electrolux - History time line". electrolux.com. 2010-02-03. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

r.i.p.   ITALY.

A brief note about on Television sets reliability and durability..........................

ANYONE with even the smallest experience of television engineering is bound to come up against that embarrassing question which is always so difficult to answer-"which TV shall I get?" The questioner is usually concerned about obtaining the cheapest and most reliable receiver that is available, and this same approach generally governs the choice between buying when new - restoring in this time. This is perfectly reasonable and often applies to other consumer products apart from TV. 

What does seem a little strange however is that no one ever seems to ask "which TV set gives the best picture?" Why not? Doesn't anyone care, or is the question too complicated to discuss? 

Yet the average person spends five and a half hours a day, every day, watching TV garbage:

The Propaganda TV Machine a.k.a. The Ministry of Truth delivers The Truth from The Government to the people.
At least, that's what they say. In fact, a Propaganda Machine is only employed by The Empire and used to brainwash people into Gullible Lemmings who believe that everything is all right when in fact, it isn't, and that the very people who could help them are their enemies..............

................... so the quality of the picture must be important........................ 

expecially for those football idiots so the they have the motivation to glue their assface on the screen all day long to discover better somewaht in their ignorance.

........Now................It is high time that people began to realise this simple fact, and to take an interest in the quality of the product that absorbs so much of their spare time. There are of course plenty of people who are genuinely interested in good picture quality. It is unlikely for example that so many readers of this Blog would be taking part in the magnificent TELEVISION colour receiver project, but more likely restoring  monochrome receivers or adapting old color ones, if they were indifferent to the quality of the picture obtained at the end of the day. But today times seems changing, the trend started by many readers of Obsolete Technology Tellye !  have had a significative rise up in recovering and restoring old CRT's TV's and started to build up collections by people in many lands worldwide.

 Good CRT  picture quality cannot however be achieved merely by connecting together the appropriate groups of circuits. Sometimes in fact even well established designs can present problems if they are assembled in a different way to the original or with non-standard components. 

So what constitutes good picture quality and what do you do when things go wrong? 

It is not much use delving into the textbooks because they are strangely unhelpful about this sort of thing.

  At least however we can here at Obsolete Technology Tellye !  establish some basic principles to use as a starting point. There is a difference between the kind of picture quality defects that you would expect to find in a manufactured receiver compared to one made by a home restorer / constructor. 

A CRT manufactured receiver usually has only minor faults and one wants to'assess how well it compares with the products of other set - makers.

Todays trade, threw a rather different light on matters however. Briefly, we found that during CRT boom periods for the setmakers reliability increased whilst during periods of diminishing sales a fall in the standard of reliability became evident, so you will find excellent sets from the 70s/80s. I had tended to think that a boom meant an attitude of anything goes to get as many sets out to meet the demand, with consequent corner cutting and use of whatever alternative components could be got hold of if necessary. The overriding point seems to be however that in boom conditions with a seller's market prices can be maintained and quality standards kept up whilst in flat market conditions there is overwhelming pressure on prices and reliability tends to fall. It is difficult to be too sure about this since the worst trading period coincided with the era of dual standard analog TV sets which may eventually but not certainly inevitably less reliable than the single -standard chassis which preceeded and succeeded them. It would however tie up  about the comparative reliability of colour and monochrome sets, since the era of colour boom coincides with a very flat period in monochrome set production and sales, that in talking about reliability means overall dependability rather than initial statistics for unboxed set condition. 

That all said is very applicable to todays times, with completely different technically means, reality where unfair market conditions focibly applied to European firms by an elite which has only the will and target to destroy European eritage at all levels with the main  point in destroying local economy.

It includes:

- A number of areas of law involving acts by one competitor or group of competitors which harm another in the field, and which may give rise to criminal offenses and civil causes of action.

- Trade libel, the spreading of false information about the quality or characteristics of a competitor's products, is prohibited at common law but still high present and unstopped.

- Various unfair business practices such as fraud, misrepresentation, and unconscionable contracts may be considered unfair competition, if they give one competitor an advantage over others expecially all from the so called ASIATIC MARKET.

Therefore:

All of todays apparates are literally absolute GARBAGE when new and resulting often broken when out of the box after purchase. Poor engineering, manufacturing and materials in the main part, combined with unfair massive import to Europe of such DUMP goods, at cheap prices in closed hard tight market (so they can be the only 2 3 competitor in foreign lands and all locals firms brought to death by heavy taxations, troublesome difficulties at all levels) and sold with medium to high prices respect to initial build costs !!

For that there can't be a comparation of reliability between a CRT TV SET and any one of todays sets, which often are resulting in a SCAM mainly under the technological part, emerging, even, from the first repair attempt !

......  And  in the end you will NEVER SEE a  restoring of ANY of the Actual todays electronic GARBAGE !

R.I.P.  EUROPE !