In May 1951 the journal Electronics carried a two page advertising spread by General Electric covering the production of welded germanium diodes stating:
"Capacity unlimited in the production of germanium diodes is the aim of General Electric's new plant at Clyde, New York. An offspring of the mother plant at Electronics Park, this factory is equipped to assemble and test as many as 12 million diodes a year. New technological advances in research and manufacture - already proved feasible - can raise this ceiling tremendously. As diodes for commercial and military applications are produced in ever increasing quantities, costs are driven down. To fill your diode requirements -with speed, accuracy, and at low cost compare G. E. with all other manufacturers."
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