FACIT HISTORY

Facit is a Swedish company which originates back over 580 years, during this century it has expanded into providing Industry with Typewriters, calculators, printers and automatic identification solutions.

"FACIT" is the Swedish word for "result" or "answer". The correct pronounication of "FACIT" using phonetic symbols is [ fa:sit]. The "A" is pronounced like in "father".

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YEAR
1413 - COMPANY FOUNDED, COPPER MINING

1889 - FURNITURE MAKING INTRODUCED

1924 - CALCULATORS INTRODUCED

1938 - HALDA TYPEWRITERS

1961 - FIRST TAPE PUNCHES

1973 - ELECTROLUX TAKE OVER

1977 - FIRST MATRIX/IMPACT PRINTERS

1980 - TERMINALS INTRODUCED

1983 - ERICSSON TAKE OVER

1985 - LASER PRINTERS INTRODUCED

1986 - TEXT PROCESSORS

1988 - ENTRANTOR

1989 - PC'S SOLD/MANUFACTURED

1995 - BAR CODE SCANNERS AND PRINTERS INTRODUCED

1997 - TELEKOM ADVANCED SYSTEMS TAKE OVER NEWS HEADLINE      

1999 - FACIT GOES INTO LIQUIDATION

1999 - TELEKOM ASSIST FORMED - TAKE OVER ALL SALES OF FACIT PRODUCTS ETC...