Altec Lansing did more than audio

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1942 - 1945 . . . 97% of Altec man-hours spent on electronic military products, including the production of anti-submarine detection equipment

1945 . . . entered the home market with the term "high fidelity". Products included Duplex(R) Loudspeakers, power amplifiers and television.

1946 . . . acquired Peerless Electrical Products Co. (transformers)

1954 . . . Peerless developed airborne radar transformers for Hughes

1956 . . . entered telephone products fields with program amplifier model S17

1958 . . . introduced first telephone repeater amplifier

1961 . . . installed telephone conference system at Disneyland, USA

1965 . . . LTV Ling Altec Inc. divisions and subsidiaries
Altec Service Corp.
Ling Electronics Division
Gonset Inc.
Altec Lansing Division
(Peerless Electrical Products & Audio Controls)
University Sound

1968 . . . acquired Allied Radio, renamed Altecom (nurse-call)

1969 . . . developed Random Access School Intercom system

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.....don't forget their truck division
Altec Industries, Inc. - Home

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1965 . . . LTV Ling Altec Inc. divisions and subsidiaries
Altec Service Corp.
Ling Electronics Division
Gonset Inc.
Altec Lansing Division
(Peerless Electrical Products & Audio Controls)
University Sound

Thanks G!

(' course we all know the Altec bucket trucks are entirely unrelated. )