Mitsubishi Electric 1997

Gateside, in Haddington is now largely commerce and coffee but the site once housed three high-tech industries. Hilger & Watts were the first to arrive in 1969. They made optical instruments. The Norwegian company Tandberg followed making colour TV sets until 1979 when Mitsubishi Electric took over the premises. They continued the production of colour TVs and at its peak they employed 600 with a labour force drawn from across the county and beyond. News of its closure was reported in the Courier on April 10th 1998.
This 2 minute video clip of the production line was filmed during the making of a video by Videosyncratic in 1997, edited and narrated by Jilly Pollard with historical input by David Dick, called “Haddington: A Place for Everything“