Orion

Orion is one of the LK Links-selectable brand names in the CPC BIOS, allowing to display the boot message Orion 64K Microcomputer on power up. Amstrad apparently planned a partnership with a company with that name.

As far as known, the partnership didn't worked in that direction - there have been no CPCs sold using the Orion brand. However, it worked the opposite way around: The CTM640/CTM644 and GT64/GT65 monitors contain cathode ray tubes from Orion.

Orion (Japan)

ORION Electric Co,. Ltd. is japanese company, founded 1958 by Shigemasa Otake.

• http://www.orion-electric.co.jp/en/

Orion ISP (Germany/Japan)

ORION wurde 1958 von Shigemasa Otake im japanischen Kobe gegründet. 1975 übernahm die ISP KG Dieter Lather in Dreieich bei Frankfurt den Vertrieb für ORION-Produkte in Deutschland, Benelux, Österreich und der Schweiz.

Tungsram / Orion (Hungary)

• Info from http://www.audiotools.com about Tungsram: This Hungarian company was one of the first producers of light bulbs in the world and remained a large producer of valves and light bulbs until it was broken up in the early 90's and the bits sold off to various western companies, General Electric bought a large part of it in 1990 and so did Shréder a little bit later, both companies operate using the original name. Made radios both under the Tungsram name and using the Orion brand, continued making radios and hi-fi products at the least into the 70's, produced some of the best valves that were made in Europe and should not be confused with some other eastern European products.

Orion Electronics (Hungary)

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Electronics - wikipedia about the hungarian orion
• http://www.orionelec.com/orionabout.htm - the hungarian orion's "about us" (in english)