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Billington Export Limited was one of England's largest stockists of NOS Electronic valves and vacuum tubes from England, USA and more.
A family business, Martin Billington (a man with a passion for valves), and his father Anthony started trading as Billington Valves in 1981. Expansion followed into overseas markets in 1991 when Billington Export Ltd was formed.
To meet customers' needs for rare and obsolete items. 1,000,000 valves, plus CRTs, magnetrons and sockets were held in stock, including large quantities of Chinese and Russian items as well as famous old brands such as Mullard, GEC, Sylvania, and RCA.
Much pride was taken in sourcing vintage, rare, and obsolete valves and tubes for equally passionate audio and industry aficionados.
The AVO VCM163, one of the best testers in the world was one of two testers regularly in use for quality control.
The business closed in 2026 with Martin's retirement.
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