IBM UK Ltd
Other Business Names:
- International Time Recorders
- American Simplex Clock Co
- British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd
- International Business Machines
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Greenock, Inverclyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Hammersmith, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Hursley, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Information processing equipment production
Business machine production
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Luxury / consumer goods production
Clock, watch & chronometer making
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Information processing equipment production
Computer hardware equipment production
Notes:
IBM was established in USA in 1896 as Tabulating Machine Co. 1911 incorporated as Computing Tabulating Recording Corp and, as a group, known as International Business Machines (IBM) from 1924.Traces UK operations to International Time Recorders which made time recording clocks at Hammersmith. From 1930s acted as UK agents for sale of US made electric typewriters. c1940s time recording interests sold to American Simplex Clock Co. Early on also associated with British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd. 1951 established IBM UK Ltd with three divisions including data processing and electric typewriters. Established major works at Greenock. UK interests continue
Publications:
- Before the Computer. IBM, NCR, Burroughs and Remington Rand and the industry they created, 1865-1956 by Cortada, James W
- British Computer Industry. Crisis and development by Kelly, Tim
- Early Computer Industry. Limitations of scale and scope by Gandy, Anthony
- Entry of Established Electronics Firms into the Early Computer Industry in the UK and USA by Gandy, Anthony
- IBM, 1951-1976 by Unknown
- IBM at Hursley. The first twenty five years. A festschrift by Unknown
- Silicon Glen. Reality or illusion? A global view of high technology in Scotland by Hargrave, Andrew
- 'Something for you in Scotland'. The story of the personalities and circumstances which 65 years ago brought the IBM Corporation to Greenock by Stevenson, Tom
- The IBM Community at Hursley Park, 1958-1990 by Gunning, C A
- The multinational enterprise and subsidiary evolution. Scotland since 1945 by Dimitratos, Pavlos, Ioanna Liouka, Duncan Ross & Stephen Young
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- International Time Recorders
- American Simplex Clock Co
- British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd
- International Business Machines
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Greenock, Inverclyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Hammersmith, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Hursley, Hampshire, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Information processing equipment production Business machine production
- Luxury / consumer goods production Clock, watch & chronometer making
- Information processing equipment production Computer hardware equipment production
Notes:
IBM was established in USA in 1896 as Tabulating Machine Co. 1911 incorporated as Computing Tabulating Recording Corp and, as a group, known as International Business Machines (IBM) from 1924.Traces UK operations to International Time Recorders which made time recording clocks at Hammersmith. From 1930s acted as UK agents for sale of US made electric typewriters. c1940s time recording interests sold to American Simplex Clock Co. Early on also associated with British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd. 1951 established IBM UK Ltd with three divisions including data processing and electric typewriters. Established major works at Greenock. UK interests continuePublications:
- Before the Computer. IBM, NCR, Burroughs and Remington Rand and the industry they created, 1865-1956 by Cortada, James W
- British Computer Industry. Crisis and development by Kelly, Tim
- Early Computer Industry. Limitations of scale and scope by Gandy, Anthony
- Entry of Established Electronics Firms into the Early Computer Industry in the UK and USA by Gandy, Anthony
- IBM, 1951-1976 by Unknown
- IBM at Hursley. The first twenty five years. A festschrift by Unknown
- Silicon Glen. Reality or illusion? A global view of high technology in Scotland by Hargrave, Andrew
- 'Something for you in Scotland'. The story of the personalities and circumstances which 65 years ago brought the IBM Corporation to Greenock by Stevenson, Tom
- The IBM Community at Hursley Park, 1958-1990 by Gunning, C A
- The multinational enterprise and subsidiary evolution. Scotland since 1945 by Dimitratos, Pavlos, Ioanna Liouka, Duncan Ross & Stephen Young