Watkins-Johnson Company

Watkins-Johnson Company
Corporation
Industry Electronics
Fate Acquired by multiple entities
Successor WJ Communications Inc.
Founded 1957
Founder Dean A. Watkins, H. Richard Johnson
Headquarters Palo Alto, California
Key people
W. Keith Kennedy (former CEO)

Watkins-Johnson Company was a designer and manufacturer of electronic devices, systems, and equipment. The company, commonly referred to as "W-J", was formed in 1957 by Dean A. Watkins and H. Richard Johnson, and was headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Its products included microwave tubes, followed by solid-state microwave devices, electronic warfare subsystems and systems, receiving equipment, antennas, furnaces and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and automated test equipment.[1][2]

History

Partial Corporate Timeline

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Watkins-Johnson Company History". Funding Universe. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. Kenney, Martin (2000). Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region. Stanford, CA: Stanford Universoty Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 0804737347.
  3. "Condor Systems, Inc. Purchases Microwave Surveillance Systems Unit from Watkins-Johnson". Business Wire. The Free Library. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. "Watkins-Johnson to Sell Military Related Divisions". The New York Times. 3 September 1997. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  5. "Watkins-Johnson Sells Division to Stellex". The New York Times. 1 November 1997. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. "Watkins-Johnson Selling a Unit to G.E.C. of Britain". The New York Times. 19 August 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  7. "Fox-Paine to Buy Watkins-Johnson for $270 Million". The New York Times. 27 October 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  8. "WJ Communications Inc (WJCI) IPO". NASDAQ. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  9. "Watkins-Johnson’s legacy sold for $1 a share". siliconbeat. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  10. "WJ's Heritage". TriQuint Semiconductor. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  11. "TriQuint Acquires Ailing WJ Communications". Seeking Alpha. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

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