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.

Poseidon conglomerate
Poseidon Energy and it subsidiary, Poseidon Oil, a major energy company.

European

 * Glock (Austria), company using a Gaston Glock AI. Created the Glock 86 Plasma Pistol.
 * Heckler & Koch (Germany): produced genuine submachineguns (MP9, P90c, G11), G11E assault rifle, CAWS shotgun as well as Gatling Laser.
 * Rheinmetal AG (Germany): produced the Vindicator Minigun (caseless ammunition cal. 4.7 mm), as well as 9mm Machine Pistol (present in van Buren demo).
 * Gauss Rifle and Gauss Pistol were of German design also.

American

 * BeatCo: manufactured the "Big Frigger" Power Fist.
 * Bringham: manufactured the Needler Pistol.
 * Colt: design and manufacturing of, for example, the 6520 pistol or the Rangemaster.
 * Rockwell: manufactured miniguns (cal. 5mm: the CZ53 Personal Minigun and the Avenger Minigun, or cal. .223 the CZ25 Military Minigun, as well as the BigBazooka.
 * SharpWit, Inc.: made the "Stallona", a high-quality Combat Knife.
 * [reference: Rambo]


 * SIG-Sauer: creators of the 14mm Pistol.
 * Wattz Electronics: the Laser Pistol, the Laser Rifle and an electronic equipment manufacturer.
 * Winchester: creators of the P94 industrial-grade plasma caster and City-Killer 12 gauge Combat Shotgun, bullpup variant.
 * Yuma Flats Energy Consortium: developed the YK32 Pulse Pistol and the YK42B Pulse Rifle.
 * [reference: the Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona, run by the U.S. Army. It has facilities to test all types of military weaponry, and is tasked in part with the development of the "21st Century Soldier".]

Hypothetical real world Fallout weapons manufacturers

 * Bridge Tool & Die Manufacturing Co. / Inland Manufacturing (GM): M60 manufacturers.
 * Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (Belgium): FN FAL manufacturer.
 * General Motors Company: M3A1 submachine gun manufacturer.
 * Magnum Research, Inc., Israel Military Industries, Saco Defense: Desert Eagle .44 manufacturers.
 * Smith & Wesson: .44 Magnum Revolver manufacturer.

Other companies

 * Apricot: created the Apricot terminals (eg. Data Plex 2000 SmarTerminal on the oil rig, with a full 64k of RAM, which was the very latest in computer technology).
 * [reference: Apple]


 * Chrysalis Motors: created the Highwayman automobile.
 * Chryslus: created the Corvega automobile.
 * [reference: Chrysler]


 * General Atomics International: developed the Mr. Handy robot.
 * [reference: General Electrics]


 * Macrosoft: produced some spreadsheets used by Miss Kitty and very probably - genuine Fenestra '98 and PoseidoNet help system ("Welcome to PoseidoNet Help system. We regret that your Help files are currently out of date, and unavailable. Seek Help file update? (Y/N). User Help file update not available with trial PoseidoNet software. Please purchase full version for full access to all further updates. Your trial period for PoseidoNet access is 59, 439 days overdue" - notice: trial period ended in year 2078 or 2079),
 * [reference: Microsoft]


 * Med-Tek: produced "Mentats" mental enhancement pills.
 * [reference: Dune]


 * Nuka-Cola: the company behind the famous brand of softdrink.
 * [reference: Coca-Cola]


 * Radiation King: radio and television sets producer.
 * RobCo Industries: developed the PipBoy and Stealth Boy.
 * Snap-Off: makers of the "Super Tool Kit".
 * [reference: Snap-On Tools]


 * Vault-Tec: constructed the Vault system, as well as ZAX AI.
 * 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.

Hypothetical real world Fallout things manufacturers

 * Interplay - Data Plex 2000 SmarTerminal - the Apricot-brand terminal was running something called Fallout 2, which was looking like it was multiplayer and 3D.