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".
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
1999 - FACIT GOES INTO LIQUIDATION
1999 - TELEKOM ASSIST FORMED - TAKE OVER ALL SALES OF FACIT PRODUCTS ETC...