This Company Is Still Making Audio Cassettes and Sales Are Better Than Ever

It waited out 20 years of technological advances in audio and is now cashing in on a movement back to tapes.   Dust off your Walkman.

The Last Audio Cassette Factory

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The audiocassette tape is not dead. In fact, one Springfield, Mo., cassette maker says it has had its best year since it opened in 1969.

“You can characterize our operating model as stubbornness and stupidity. We were too stubborn to quit,” said National Audio Company President Steve Stepp.