The Reading Works in Berks County, Pennsylvania was a manufacturer of integrated circuit and optoelectronic equipment for communication and computing. The work force grew to nearly 5,000 by 1985 making the Reading, Pennsylvania, facility one of Berks County's largest industrial employers. As a part of Western Electric and the Bell System, it changed it masthead many times during its life.
Read more about Reading Works: 1952 - From Allentown To Laureldale, 1962 - From Laureldale To Reading, 1984 - WE To AT&T Technologies, 1996 - AT&T To Lucent, 2000 - Lucent To Agere, 2003 - From Agere To Closure, 2005 - From The USA, 2006 - Greater Reading Expo Center, References
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