Clinton Displays History

Clinton Displays has been a worldwide leader in video display products since we produced our first black and white Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) on January 30, 1964. The Company was originally founded by one of the early pioneers of the television tube industry, Thomas L. Clinton, Sr. for the purpose of manufacturing and selling CRT's to major and minor TV manufacturers, including RCA, Admiral, Sylvania, Zenith, GE, Motorola, and Westinghouse.

In 1963, the Clinton CRT Division was established in northern Illionis to build television picture tubes for the popular portable TVs. Clinton was one of the first American invested companies to open operations in Taiwan during the 1960s. In the early 1970s, as black and white TV gave way to color television, display grade CRTs were developed for such applications as word processing, banking, and medical grade monitors. This product soon filled the manufacturing lines at the Loves Park, IL facility. Clinton Displays helped pioneer the CTR revolution, offering over 7 million variations of the CRT types. Clinton Displays grew to over 750,000 square feet of manufacturing space, and supplied CRTs to the founders of the computer industry such as Apple, Comodore, IBM, HP, Digital, Hewlett Packard, and many others. Clinton-made CRTs were used in all of the leading computer monitors, with over 10 million CRTs sold worldwide per year.

As the world market evolved to flat panel displays in the late 90s the Clinton Displays manufacturing lines were re-designed for greater flexibility and efficiency to remain competitive with off shore competitors. The changes were made to handle small volume production runs without sacrificing Clinton Displays' dedication and reputation as a World Class quality product. Product quality is reflected in the pride taken in every CRT produced.

In January 2007 Clinton Electronics Corporation sold their CRT Manufacturing Division to Video Display Corporation. The purchase of the CRT manufacturing by Video Display combines and enhances the world wide resources to better serve the remaining CRT and component niche markets. The new Video Display group known as Clinton Displays continues to evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the CRT market. Clinton Electronics Corporation continues to focus their expertise and resources on the increasing demand for quality security equipment and specialty displays.

Clinton Displays remains a fast moving business to meet the ever-changing demands of the international customer base with the most up-to-date Engineering and Manufacturing processes.