Watkins-Johnson Company
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| 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 |
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Key people
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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
- December 1957: Watkins-Johnson Company was founded[1]
- June 1963: Acquired Stewart Engineering Company, a manufacturer of backward-wave oscillators[1]
- Fall 1967: Acquired Communication Electronics, Inc. (CEI) of Rockville, Maryland, producer of receivers and related equipment[1]
- June 1968: Listed on New York Stock Exchange[1]
- 1970: Acquired RELCOM, manufacturer of electronic components such as mixers[1]
- 1970: Acquired antenna product line from Granger Associates
- 1978: Opened plant in San Jose, California
- April 1995: Microwave surveillance systems unit sold to Condor Systems, Inc.[3]
- October 1997: Military devices and subsystem businesses sold to Stellex Industries[4][5]
- July 1999: Semiconductor Equipment Group sold to Silicon Valley Group
- August 1999: Telecommunications Group sold to Marconi North America[6]
- October 1999: Wireless Products Group sold to Fox-Paine and Company[7]
- August 2000: Initial Public Offering of WJ Communications, W-J successor, by Fox-Paine on NASDAQ[8]
- March 2008: WJ Communications acquired by TriQuint Semiconductor[9][10][11]
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