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ous classic which was briefly investigat-
ed by the FBI under a strange charge of
obscenity), and found themselves book-
ing bigger and bigger venues with more
demanding acoustics.
Frustrated by the technical limitations
of his audio equipment, bass player
Norm Sundholm collaborated with his
brother Conrad to boost his amp’s perfor-
mance potential. The resulting amp did
the trick, and the Kingsman proved the
perfect advertisement for the brothers
Sundholms’ creation. In less than a year,
there were enough orders to fill that the
newly established Sunn Musical Equip-
ment Company moved to Tualatin, into a
more appropriate manufacturing space
than the Sundholm family garage.
Wildly popular with numerous influ-
ential rock bands, Sunn Amplifiers have
not been manufactured in about a de-
cade. It’s still possible to see them— in
the grainy background of an old Cream
video, or on stage during The Who re-
union tour.
Recruiting trips to Japan
Since the early 1970s, when Tualatin’s
population leaped from a measly 900 peo-
ple to more than 3,000 in just a couple of
years, the city has always had more jobs
than residents — thanks largely to the
city’s farsightedness and its habit of set-
ting aside generous sections of industrial
land.
During Steve Stolze’s time as mayor
(he served from 1988 to 1994), a practice
began of going on overseas trips to pitch
large companies on the idea of building
plants in Tualatin.
A political novice (“Here I am, this yo-
kel,” he laughed), Stolze first led a dele-
gation to Japan at the urging of Janet
Young, economic development director
for the city, to woo high-tech giant OKI
Semiconductor.
“She calledmeupandsaidwe’vegot togo
toJapan,”Stolze recalled. “Andyouhave to
wearyour suit. I didn’t evenownasuit.”
He found out when he got there that
he would have a face-to-face meeting
with OKI’s CEO— alone —which not on-
ly scared him, but the rest of his delega-
tion as well. But when he came out, Tual-
atin had a new industry.
Later trips had similar results as JAE
and Fujimi Inc. decided to build plants in
Tualatin.
Ryan Milly
assembles a weed
trimmer at the
Shindaiwa
warehouse in
Tualatin. Shindaiwa
Inc., located at
11975 S.W. Herman
Road, is one of the
many international
firms attracted to
Tualatin since the
1980s.
TIMES PHOTO:
JAIME VALDEZ