The first book ever published on the history to thermionic valve and kinescope-making in Brazil. Published by “Lamp Lambert Academic Publishing” in cooperation with  “MoreBooks! Marketing SRL”,  the book covers firstly the valve as an imported technology and the factors which pressed the local and foreign enterprises to start a long-term nationalization project for its manufacturing, which consequently led to the industrialization of kinescopes considering the boom o television started in the country in 1950.
In its 136 pages profusely illustrated covering the development of the following industries devoted to the local production of thermionic devices:

 Transmission Valves
- Standard Electrica S/A – SESA –
- IVAPE – Indústrias de Válvulas Pecunha Ltda.
Reception Valves
- Philips - Ibrape  
- RCA Eletrônica Brasileira
Kinescopes
- Philips-Ibrape
- RCA Eletrônica Brasileira
- Sylvania Produtos Elétricos Ltda.
- Invictus  S/A Radio e Televisão
The book can be ordered from:
www.lap-publishing.com
www.morebooks.de

Tube Collectors Association review:
THE THERMIONIC AGE IN BRAZIL - A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ON VALVES and KINESCOPES
By Carlos Alberto Fazano
ISBN 978-613-9-83148-7, 127 pp., 6" x 8-½" format, glossy paperback cover, print-on-demand form by Lambert Academic Pub­lishing.  Available from AbeBooks.com.
   Veteran author Fazano has produced a study of the Brazilian tube industry.  He covers the introduction of foreign-des­igned receiving tubes, rectifiers, and pow­er types.  The book deals with local makers:  Standard Electrica SA, Indústria de Válvulas Pecunha Ltda. (IVAPE), Philips (IBRAPE), RCA Eletrônica Brasileira SA, Sylvania Produtos Elétricos SA, and Invictus.  It discusses the growth of local enterprises like the Indústria Paulista de Eletricidade and the investment in local production by foreign outfits.  Television picture tubes - B & W and color, new and rebuilt - are part of the story.
   The book is richly equipped with photos of important tubes, imported and local.  The examples include the Standard Electri­ca 8357, a direct replacement for the 833A widely used in industrial RF heaters and 1kW broadcast transmitters.  There is con­siderable coverage of tubemaking and rebuilding plants.  There are also TV sets including a local version of the "Predicta" set made by Philco-Brasil.
   The author has a long history of documenting his country's electronic history, enjoys a wide range of research resources, and has produced a unique narrative.