page_title: List of companies based in Hayward, California
section_title: Other former businesses
hierarchical_section_title: List of companies based in Hayward, California / Former businesses / Other former businesses
caption_attribution_description: English: Former headquarters of the now defunct Mervyns dept store chain, Hayward
context_page_description: This is a list of current and former companies operating in, or based in, Hayward, California. Significant local divisions of national and international companies are included, as are local businesses. Former companies that have closed, been acquired by other companies, or moved are also listed. Other economically or culturally important institutions, such as shopping malls, colleges, and nonprofit organizations, are included.
context_section_description: Much of the Bay coastal territory of Hayward was turned into salt ponds, with Oliver Salt and Leslie Salt operating there. Much of this land has in recent years been returned to salt marshes. A 1983 image of the ponds appears on a 2012 US postage stamp. 
  AirLink Communications, wireless service provider; operated in Hayward until its 2007 acquisition by Sierra Wireless
  Ball Corporation, operated an aluminum can factory until 1998; formerly owned by Reynolds Metals
  Banchero's, large Italian restaurant, operated from 1948 to 2012
  Chaosium, role-playing game publisher, now based in Ann Arbor, Michigan
  ComputerLand, former franchise computer retailer
  Etec Systems, Inc., operated in Hayward from 1970 until 2005, when it was closed by its parent company
  Everest College campus, closed by 2015, as part of the Corinthian Colleges collapse
  Franklin Ophthalmic Instruments
  Hayward Daily Review, formerly published by the Alameda Newspaper Group, now consolidated into the East Bay Tribune
  Heald College campus, closed by 2015, as part of the Corinthian Colleges collapse
  The Holiday Bowl bowling alley, operated in south Hayward for 47 years; closed in 2005
  Kaiser Permanente, operated a Kaiser Permanente Medical Center; closed when the Medical Center in neighboring San Leandro was completed
  Land and Liberty, anarchist periodical; published in Hayward from 1914 to 1915
  Mack Truck Company, manufactured trucks through the 1970s
  MDL Information Systems, founded in 1978; acquired by Symyx Technologies in 2007
  Mervyns, department store chain; was headquartered in Hayward until declaring bankruptcy in 2008
  Nellcor, founded in 1981, now a brand of pulse oximetry systems sold by Covidien
  Osborne Computer Corporation, operated a manufacturing facility in the 1980s
  Qume, daisy wheel printer manufacturer
  Star Reach, comic book publisher from the 1970s; run by Mike Friedrich
  TML Studios, recording studio owned by Tesla band member Troy Luccketta, where albums by Loudness were recorded
  The Valle Vista roller skating rink, operated for 44 years in south Hayward; closed in 2003
caption: Mervyns headquarters (demolished in 2017)
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