Report and Analysis of the 1967 Quartz Crystal Industry Survey

To flesh out the sketch our industry has limned of itself through the questionnaire into a full and definitive portrait in only ten minutes is beyond my hopes. In this brief review I will, instead, try to cover in significant detail only three of the many possible profiles which can be drawn from this body of information. The questionnaire was addressed "To All Members of the Quartz Crystal Industry". A total of 97 copies were mailed of which two were returned as undeliverable. All copies were directed to institutions, not to individuals. Three companies having more than one nearly autonomous operation received an inquiry at each office. A total of 43 replies were returned, 29 of them from manufacturers of crystals. The opportunity was offered for replies to be anonymous and two of the 29 were unsigned. In neither case did the respondent volunteer criticism of the symposium. The first part of this questionnaire was a set of sixteen short answer questions. Its analysis is based upon the responses from the 29 crystal manufacturers.