Closed in Mumbai – Death of Typewriters
In India nearly all the typewriter making companies have already closed their business.
Only one company was remaining that was Godrej and Boyce from Mumbai which was making Typewriters in Mumbai India.
Godrej and Boyce have shut down its production plant in Mumbai, India which was manufacturing Typewriters.
The Godrej and Boyce began production in the 1950s
It was still selling 50,000 models annually in the early 1990s, Up to year 2009 Godrej used to sell around 10,000 typewriters but now they do not have orders.
But last year it sold less than 800 machines.
Its said that this was the last company in the world which was making Type writers and but I came to know on internet there is possibility that in china, Indonesia and in Japan few companies are making typewriters.
As those articles did not mention the name of the companies who are still making the Typewriters I assume that the Godrej was the last company of the world.
And confirm that it was the India’s last typewriter making company which closed its business because of lack of orders.
And currently company got only 200 Typewriters in their possession with Arabic language.
Today also in India if you visit in the Courts you will find the people with typewriter and typing affidavits for the poor people.
Another Problem in India is Many government job require the certificate showing that the person knows the typing.
Today also in Pune City there are classes who are teaching English Typing, Marathi Typing.
But death of Typewriter will cause lot of pain to poor people of India as we do not have electricity supply on which we can depend.
A prototype of the typewriter was introduced in 1714 by Henry Mill, but the first mass-produced typewriter came in 1868 when Christopher Latham Sholes, a printer-publisher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, patented the device.
If you know any company which is manufacturing Typewriters for sell please mention it in the comment.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
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