AFCO Transistor Radios
AFCO was founded in 1937 in
California by Abe Ferer. After World War II, AFCO began trading excess cloth rag material and used clothing to post-war
Japan. Without a solid monetary foundation, the Japanese traders offered unique electronics made from the newly invented transistor. Transistor radios became the first AFCO consumer electronics product from
Japan, and AFCO became AFCO Electronics. Offerings were later expanded to include radio and television products and then CB radios and car accessories. AFCO was also one of the first distributors of Panasonic brand products in the
U.S.