During the 1950’s and ’60’s,\u00a0when the\u00a0Hammarlund Manufacturing Company had a factory just west of Mars Hill College, the town could have been considered a world center of advanced electronic technology. With a\u00a0company motto of \u201cQuality Without Compromise,\u201d almost 90% of American WWII wartime military\u00a0electronic equipment employed Hammarlund capacitors. They also built U.S. Navy search radar installed on aircraft carriers, battleships and cruisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hammarlund was one of the three leading\u00a0brands of radio communications equipment at the time, along with Hallicrafters and Collins Radio. These three companies dominated in providing state of the art electronics equipment to the U.S.\u00a0military, large and small corporations, and to private individuals who had the means and taste to own\u00a0the very best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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