With the winding down of orders for transformers and reactors following World War II and the Korean War, a major manufacturer, Thermador (having the very popular "Seven Leagues Ahead" Trademark), sold their Electronics Division to several of the senior employees just as the race to space was ramping up. This new employee owned company Spatron, became an integral part of the space community in Southern California.  Thermador, Electronics Division, had hired electrical design engineers from the now famous program "Operation Paperclip".  These same engineers helped Spatron become one of the leading edge design and manufacturing companies in the High Reliability SPACE marketplace. Many Department of Defense quality standards were put into place during this time. Spatron with their engineering, quality and production team became famous within the space community.  Many of their efforts were made to spend time on implementing, and assist in writing and standardizing the many space quality and manufacturing procedures.