Date of intro: ~1975, Origin: USA (List),
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Info: TWS ELECTRONICS, Inc. was an American consumer electronics manufacturer active during the mid-1970s, based in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
During this era, the Chicago metropolitan area was a global hub for electronics, home to industry giants like Motorola and Zenith.
TWS specialized in the early wave of digital consumer goods, leveraging the transition from analog to digital components:
Around 1975, the company was a also a producer of electronic calculators.
Rapid technological shifts—moving from power-hungry LED screens to liquid crystal displays (LCD)—and plummeting prices eventually forced many smaller Illinois manufacturers out of the market by the late 1970s.