Wangco
Site of final headquarters in Garden Grove, California, now owned by Saint-Gobain, pictured in 2021 | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | May 1969 in Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Founder | Ben C. Wang |
| Defunct | June 30, 1976 |
| Fate | Acquired by Perkin-Elmer |
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Number of employees | 650 (1976, peak) |
Wangco, Inc., originally Wang Computer Products, Inc., was an American computer hardware company independently active from 1969 to 1976. It was founded in Los Angeles by the tape drive pioneer Ben C. Wang. At its peak in the mid-1970s, the company was the second-largest American manufacturer of tape drives and employed 650 workers. It was acquired by Perkin-Elmer in 1976.