[1][2] The company was headquartered in Olyphant, where the original plant was replaced in late 1981 by a new facility which retained the name Specialty Records Corporation.
[3] The Specialty Records Corporation name was dropped in 1996 in favor of WEA Manufacturing.
[4] The company invested in CD manufacturing in 1986, matching a $247,000 contribution by economic development corporation Ben Franklin Technology Partners to develop and implement new processes of manufacturing audio CDs and CD-ROMs.
[5] The company was sold to Cinram International in October 2003 and no longer exists under the name WEA Manufacturing, but the Olyphant plant continued to operate under its new ownership.
[5] In 2005, the company was Lackawanna County's largest employer, with over 2,300 people working at the Olyphant plant.