Pre-War Businesses

The companies and corporations providing the goods and services society depended upon went up in smoke when the bombs fell. Yet some remnants of pre-war industry do remain. These surviving products and facilities can have a significant impact on life in the Wasteland.

While there are a few real-world companies mentioned in Fallout (particularly weapon manufacturers), there are more than a few that are unique to the Fallout universe. Most have only brief references, but a few are known in more detail.

Other companies

 * Ball Aerospace (mentioned at van Buren Boulder design document).
 * L.O.B. Enterprises
 * Mary May: cosmetics producer
 * [reference: Mary Kay]


 * Med-Tek: produced "Mentats" mental enhancement pills (notice: Professor from Redding claimed to be Mentats inventor).
 * [reference: Dune]


 * Pep Gas: a pre-war gas station chain
 * Radiation King: radio and television sets producer.
 * [reference: The Simpsons]


 * Snap-Off: makers of the "Super Tool Kit".
 * [reference: Snap-On Tools]


 * West Tek - in year 2055 its Research Facility starts working on a new virus to kill the New Plague; their viral research and close ties to the federal government eventually lead to them being chosen for the Pan-Immunity Virion Project twenty years later as well as Power Infantry Armor and laser research.
 * Apricot: created the Apricot terminals.
 * Bethesda
 * IBM.
 * Macrosoft: produced some spreadsheets used by Miss Kitty and very probably - Fenestra '98, PoseidoNet help system and Wyndoze 99.
 * [reference: Microsoft, Windows]


 * mentioned below Vault-Tec developed ZAX AI also.