Quote Originally Posted by mixadude
In 1937 Altec acquired the domestic theatre sound service and maintenance business of Electrical Research Products, Inc., the Western Electric subsidiary. Altec Lansing was formed in 1941 when Lansing Manufacturing Co., a nearly bankrupt west coast loudspeaker company, was purchased for $50,000 cash. Altec Lansing went to work for the Navy on magnetic airborne detection equipment. Much of the work in this period was done in association with GSI, the company from which Texas Instruments was to spring. At war's end, Altec Lansing continued its steady growth pattern and led the way to large scale development of public address systems and to a conscientiousness of acoustics that had never existed before.
That is very interesting. I assumed Lansing came later because no where on the speaker is Lansing mentioned like their "newer" speakers. Thanks for the correction.