IRC Corporation manufactures several resistor product groups destined primarily for the automotive, computer and defense industries
Founded in Philidelphia in 1923
IRC Corporation was founded in Philadelphia in 1923, and purchased by TRW Corporation in 1968. The company was in turn acquired by Crystalate LLC in 1986 and by TT Electronics in a hostile take-over ocurring in 1990. TT Electronics is a British-based holding company, which also includes IRC-Wirewound and Film Technologies Division, Welwyn Components Limited, BI Technologies, MMG Corporation, Neosid and Optek
