- 2023
- May
- 2
Random board shot - The Textolite “T”
It’s always cool (and kind of sad) to open a piece of equipment and see the GE Textolite T on the circuit board.
This was manufactured by the Coshocton, OH GE plant on South 2nd street in the 1970s. The plant opened to make laminated plastics under the trade name Textolite, and made various other things over the years including plastic parts for appliances, and raw circuit board.
It opened in 1947, and closed in 2004, a victim of declining manufacturing in the USA, and the drive for ever-increasing profits by GE. It probably would have closed at some point, as GE has sold their appliance division to Haier and there’s no reason for a Chinese company to manufacture here.
Out of all the businesses listed on that page, only Fisher remains. RIP, we hardly knew ye.