 It later diversified into other photographic products, mostly related to film transparencies, and established manufacturing plants in Europe, Japan and India.By the early 1960s, Sawyer's was the nation's second-largest manufacturer of slide projectors, and by 1965 slide projectors had surpassed View-Master reels and equipment as a percentage of the company's annual sales.In 1951, the company moved from Portland proper to the unincorporated Progress area in Portland's southwestern suburbs.