Texet Sales
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The Hira Company Ltd (incorporating Texet Sales Ltd) is a family-owned UK company based in Manchester, England[1] specialising in the import and distribution of consumables.[2]
Their subsidiary Texet was founded in the 1970s[3] and focuses on calculators and electronic gadgets. It was partly responsible for driving Sinclair out of the pocket calculator market,[4] often with devices manufactured in Far Eastern countries such as Hong Kong and South Korea.[5] In 1983, the original Texet business went into receivership, and its assets and name were acquired by Hira Ltd.[6]
The company still sells calculators and similar devices under the Texet name and- as of 2006- claimed to have 26% of the UK calculator market.[7]
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References
- ^ Hira Corporate website Archived 2007-01-20 at the Wayback Machine, hira.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October 2006
- ^ Hira Corporate website, Flash intro, hira.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October 2006
- ^ About Texet Archived 2007-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, texet.com; article retrieved 30 October 2006
- ^ "Your Computer" Texet TX-8000 review, located at gondolin.org.uk; article dated April 1983, retrieved 30 October 2006
- ^ Texet calculators Archived 2006-08-15 at the Wayback Machine, buffalocalcs.org; article retrieved 30 October 2006
- ^ "Texet changes hands again!". Popular Computing Weekly. Sunshine Publications. 14 April 1983. Archived from the original on 2024-03-26.
the original Texet company [was] put in the hands of the receiver three weeks ago and [its assets] have been acquired by a new company, Texet Sales Ltd., set up by Hira Ltd.
- ^ "Texet news release". texet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
The latest market data revealed that Texet represent 26 per cent of the calculator market