Gábor Kornél Tolnai mass-production. Kornél Tolnai often ordered his tapes from the American electronics company Ampex Corporation in the 1950s and 1960s. Kornél Tolnai often visited a factory in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany) for his business with the company. There he had contacts with BASF, the largest chemical company in the world. BASF SE is a German chemical company, founded in 1865, and SE stands for Societas Europea. The company is a pioneer in the chemical industry and has operations worldwide. 1925-1952 it was part of IG Farben. "BASF" originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory).
Fountain-Tallman Soda Works Fountain-Tallman Soda Works The Fountain-Tallman Soda Works is a historic building in Placerville, El Dorado County, California. It currently houses the Fountain & Tallman Museum, which is owned and operated by the El Dorado County Historical Society. The rustic vernacular Victorian stone and brick building, of the Gold Country, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1984. The two-story masonry structure was built as a soda water factory by John Fountain & Benjamin Tallman in 1852. The stone walls of the building are more than thick so ice and soda supplies could be kept cool.