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Packard Bell is a personal computer hardware brand which originated as Packard Bell Electronics, Inc., an independent American computer company founded in Los Angeles in 1986 by Israeli-American investors who bought the trademark rights to the historic Packard Bell Corporation from Teledyne; in spite of similarities in their names, Packard Bell has no connection to either Hewlett-Packard or ...
The company incorporated as Packard Bell Corporation in 1946. [3] Packard Bell was a profitable company during World War II, producing defense electronics, and this continued into the 1960s. One of Packard Bell's products during WWII was an identification, friend or foe transponder unit (designated AN/APX-92) used by aircraft
Packard Bell — United States: 1986: 2008: Majority stake purchased by NEC in 1995; stake relinquished in 2006; eventually acquired by Acer Inc. in 2008: Packard Bell Computer Corporation: Packard Bell Corporation: United States: 1957: 1964: Acquired by Raytheon Company: Panda Project — United States: 1992: 1998: Exited the computer business ...
From 2007 to 2009 Acer has been Official Supplier of FC Barcelona. [51] On 19 March 2007, Acer announced it would sponsor the Factory Fiat Yamaha Team for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship season. Since 2009, Packard Bell (part of Acer Group) has been the sponsor of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team. [52]
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It was established as a subsidiary of Packard Bell Electronics, an American computer company. The company was once a major player in the IBM PC peripheral market, with annual sales peaking above the US$200 million mark. It went bankrupt in 1996 after an aborted $65-million merger with Creative Technology. [1] [2]
Zenith acquired about 20% of Packard Bell and they would both now work together to design and build PC's. [2] Zenith would also provide Packard Bell with private-label versions of their portable PC's. [3] The Packard Bell Statesman was a rebrand of the Zenith Z-Star notebook computer series. While the Statesman was being advertised by Packard ...
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