End of era as Toshiba delists from Tokyo stock exchange after 74 years

Electronics firm taken private in 11bn deal by consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners

Toshiba, the Japanese company synonymous with the country's 20th century dominance of electronics, has delisted from the Tokyo stock exchange after 74 years.

The manufacturer, associated in the UK with its 1980s Ello Tosh, got a Toshiba" advertising campaign, was taken private on Wednesday in an 11bn deal by a consortium of investors led by the private equity investor Japan Industrial Partners.