GENICOM

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From 1982 to 2003, GENICOM was a leading American manufacturer of computer printers, based in Chantilly, Virginia.

1 The GE years
2 GENICOM
3 TallyGenicom
4 Acquisitions
5 References

[edit] The GE years

In 1954, General Electric (GE) decided to decentralize the company into separate business units. After reorganizing the motors and controls groups, several products remained that did not fit into the new groups- these 'leftovers' were formed into the Specialty Control Department. A decision was made to build a new plant in Waynesboro, Virginia for Specialty Control with Dr. Louis T. Rader as General Manager. $3.5 million was used to purchase 75 acres and build the plant on the site of the original 1927 Waynesboro airport. The seminal managers and engineers consisted of 145 families moved from Schenectady, New York and the initial workforce consisted of about 400 local residents were hired in the first year.

[edit] GENICOM

In 1982, GE sold the printer and relays groups and the company was formed as the GENICOM Corporation. In the 1980's, the GENICOM headquarters was moved to Chantilly, Virginia. The 1987 purchase of the printer business assets of Centronics added the 350 series dot matrix printers and the LineWriter series of band printers to their product line. Over the years, GENICOM expanded by purchasing several companies, including the Digital Equipment Corporation printer business and the Texas Instruments printer business. In 1997, the relays group was sold to CII Technologies (since acquired by Tyco International) and moved to North Carolina.