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| The final carriage returns |
| 2011-04-26 |
| Godrej and Boyce - the last company left in the world that was still manufacturing typewriters - has shut down its production plant in Mumbai, India with just a few hundred machines left in stock. 'Till 2009, we used to produce 10,000 to 12,000 machines a year. But this might be the last chance for typewriter lovers. Now, our primary market is among the defence agencies, courts and government offices.' The company is now down to its last 200 machines - the majority of which are Arabic language models. The firm began production in the 1950s - when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described the typewriter as a symbol of India's emerging independence and industrialisation. It was still selling 50,000 models annually in the early 1990s, but last year it sold less than 800 machines. The first commercial typewriter was produced in the U.S. in 1867 and by the turn of the century had developed into the standardised format - including a qwerty' keyboard - that we know today. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #1 The company is now down to its last 200 machines - the majority of which are Arabic language models. Really? I find that ... interesting. Actually, in 1995 it would've been interesting. In 2011 it's BWAHAHAHAHhahahahahhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.........................[gasp] funny. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-04-26 22:41 |