Powers Samas Accounting Machines Ltd

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  • Information processing equipment production Business machine production
  • Information processing equipment production Computer hardware equipment production

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Traced origins to 1915 when established by Powers Accounting Machine Co of USA as Accounting & Tabulating Machine Co of Great Britain Ltd, its UK subsidiary. From 1929 known as Powers Samas Accounting Machine Ltd. Developed as a major UK manufacturer with a large factory at Croydon and head office in London. 1959 merged with its chief UK competitor, British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd to form International Computers & Tabulators Ltd, later International Computers Ltd, aka ICL

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