Transitron Electronic Corporation

Transitron Electronic Corporation was a semiconductor device fabrication company of the United States.

[1] Its first successful product was the gold bonded germanium diode, widely used in computers, military equipment, etc.

[2] In 1959 Time Magazine reported it was number 3 American semiconductor company, after Texas Instruments and General Electric,[7] while Fortune Magazine placed it at number 2, with estimated 1959 sales of $40 million.

[8] A number of senior industry persons, including Wilfred Corrigan, Dave Fullagar, Pierre Lamond, Nick DeWolf, George Wells, and Thomas Longo used to work in Transitron.

[7] After going out of business, David Bakalar devoted his time to sculpture; see Renaissance (1989)[9] and TV Man or Five Piece Cube with Strange Hole (1993).