Company, Manufacturing
Amstrad Silver
Amstrad is a company in electronics industry, based in Brentwood, United Kingdom, founded in 1968. It is no longer operating.
British electronics company
- Industry
- Manufacturing: electronics industry
- Headquarters
- Brentwood, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1968
Products and services
- Amstrad CPC 464
- Amstrad CPC 6128
- Amstrad GX4000
- Amstrad CPC 664
- Amstrad PCW
- Amstrad NC100
- Amstrad Mega PC
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3
- SPJ-1
- Amstrad FD-1
Common questions
- What does Amstrad do?
- Amstrad: British electronics company (electronics industry).
- Where is Amstrad based?
- Amstrad is based in Brentwood, United Kingdom.
- When was Amstrad founded?
- Amstrad was founded in 1968.
- Who founded Amstrad?
- Amstrad was founded by Alan Sugar.
- Who leads Amstrad?
- Alan Sugar (Director / manager).
- Is Amstrad still operating?
- No. Amstrad is no longer operating.
People
SilverLeadership and board
- Alan SugarFounder; Director / manager
On Data Galactica
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- Alan Sugarformer
- Margaret Mountfordcurrent
- Roland Perrycurrent
Market position
Silver- Parent
- Sky Group
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Journey
- 1968FoundedWikidata
- 2008DissolvedWikidata
Reviews and reputation
Employee and customer reviews are on the roadmap.
Registration and identifiers
Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Q478825
- Data Galactica id
- DGC-1YNSQTEXM2CA
What we have, and what we might have wrong
This page is assembled from the sources below. Each section carries its own grade. Silver 3 sections
- Wikidata, as of 3 Oct 2026. Community-curated knowledge base (CC0)
Last rebuilt 3 Oct 2026. We may be wrong: names get matched to the wrong record, people change jobs, companies change status. What gets seen and reported gets fixed. How grades work.