Watkins-Johnson Company

Watkins-Johnson Company
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryElectronics
Founded1957
FounderDean A. Watkins,
H. Richard Johnson
FateAcquired by TriQuint Semiconductor
SuccessorWJ Communications Inc.
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Key peopleW. 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.

History

Partial Corporate Timeline

The Watkins-Johnson plant in Scotts Valley, California was discovered to have soil and groundwater contamination in 1984. It was added to the EPA's Superfund list in 1990.

References

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