Spectrolab to be honored

For more than a half-century, Spectrolab Inc. has been at the forefront of America's exploration of space. Gregory J. Wilcox in the Daily News.

Harnessing the commercial and technological power of the sun beginning in the mid-1950s, the Sylmar-based company has grown from a company with a small team of engineers into one of the world's leading manufacturers of solar cells and panels.

Now employing 450 workers and a subsidiary of Boeing Co., Spectrolab will be inducted Thursday into the Valley Industry and Commerce Association's Business Hall of Fame. Four other San Fernando Valley organizations will also be honored.