 Sawyer's was the second-largest U.S. manufacturer of slide projectors in the early and mid-1960s, second only to Eastman Kodak, which had introduced the Carousel slide projector in the early 1960s and patented it in 1965.A 1965 "Oregonian" article stated that Sawyer's was "one of the two largest U.S. manufacturers of slide projectors and related items, running neck and neck with Kodak, according to industry sources.