History of TACO

• 1934

  TACO (Technical Appliance Corporation) was formed in New York State, initially as a manufacturer of AM/FM couplers, and later moved into making VHF and UHF antennas for civil and military aviation and shipboard communications.

  

• 1949

  Delhi Metal Products, now known as WADE Tower, was formed, specializing in light duty, non-CSA mounting products and towers.

  

• 1952

  Geoff Wade developed the Beaver Log Periodic Antenna.

• 1961

  Jerrold purchases TACO (Technical Appliance Corporation).

  

• 1973

  General Instrument Corporation of New York City purchased Delhi Metal Products for their Satellite Antenna line.

• 1982

  Sherburne, NY manufacturing operations were moved to Delhi, Ontario.

• 1986

  Parcap Management Inc. Purchases Antenna Divisions and Tubing Division. The operating company is named Cometic Technologies Inc.

• 1989

  WADE Antenna Ltd. is established and purchases the rights to the former Beaver Log Periodic Antenna, now known as the WADE Log Periodic Antenna.

• 1992

  Delhi-Solac Inc. purchases the Tubing and Antenna Division from Cometic Technologies.

• 1994

  WADE becomes a Distributor of TACO CATV products.

• 1999

  WADE Antenna and Delhi-Solac enter into an exclusive agreement to manufacture and sell 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz antennas.

• 2000

  WADE Antenna becomes the largest distributor of Delhi-Solac's antenna products.

• 2001

  WADE Antenna purchases TACO and Delhi Antenna divisions. Factory moves to Simcoe, Ontario.

• 2006

  WADE purchases the rights to Lindsay Antennas.

• 2006

  Manufacturing and head office moves to new facility in Brantford, Ontario.

  

• 2008

  TACO Communications Inc. amalgamates with Wade Antenna Ltd. WADE Antenna changes corporate structure to WADE Antenna Inc.