GRE (株式会社　ゼネラル　リサ－チ　オブ　エレクトロニックス ''General Research of Electronics, Inc.'') was a Japan-based multinational manufacturer of electronics equipment, primarily in the fields of

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and other

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. Their products included

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radio scanner A scanner (also referred to as a radio scanner) is a radio receiver that can automatically tune, or ''scan'', two or more discrete frequencies, stopping when it finds a signal on one of them and then continuing to scan other frequencies when the ...

s, antennas,

GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite sy ...

devices, and satellite equipment. They also produced

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equipment for other companies, including

Radio Shack RadioShack, formerly RadioShack Corporation, is an American retailer founded in 1921. At its peak in 1999, RadioShack operated over 8,000 worldwide stores named RadioShack or Tandy Electronics in the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Austra ...

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and Commtel. GRE was established in 1961, and its headquarters was located in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

. GRE had a manufacturing facility in

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to t ...

which closed in October 2012. In late 1977, GRE established "GRE America, Inc.", its first overseas operation, with a head office in

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. The company established its second overseas corporation, "GRE (Hong Kong), Ltd.", in 1986. In 2006, Kazunori Imazeki became CEO and president of the company. In October, 2012, its China factory was shuttered and GRE ceased all production. GRE America continued to service GRECOM products and to sell and service Alinco radio products for the North American market. In May, 2013, GRE America Inc (USA Branch) moved from its

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location after losing Alinco's Distribution rights in North American market. GRE America relocated to San Leandro, California. In January, 2014,

Whistler Group The Whistler Group is an electronics company based in Bentonville, Arkansas, and is best known for its radar detectors. Whistler also manufactures power inverters, GPS navigation devices, inspection cameras, LED flashlights, vehicle dashboard ...

took over production of GRE's scanner line. Due to several of GRE's engineers working with Whistler, the products produced by the overtaking company are very similar to that of GRE's at the time of operation cessation. Whistler later began selling radio scanners formerly produced for Radio Shack with separate product numbers but identical hardware. In February, 2014, GRE (Japan) head office closed its Tokyo office and relocated to its Chiba location where they had once produced its product line when it first established back in 1961. In September 2014, 'General Research of Electronics' Japan (GRE) decided to cease its USA business operations and closed its California office since there is no active business due to lack of financial resource and development capabilities at GRE Japan.

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Support download page for scanner line
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