Texet Sales Explained

Texet Sales
Location City:Manchester
Location Country:United Kingdom

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] The company still sells calculators and similar devices under the Texet name and- - claimed to have 26% of the UK calculator market.[6]

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References

  1. http://www.hira.co.uk/default1.asp Hira Corporate website
  2. http://www.hira.co.uk Hira Corporate website, Flash intro
  3. http://www.texet.com/about.php About Texet
  4. http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/reviews/yc-texet.html "Your Computer" Texet TX-8000 review
  5. http://www.buffalocalcs.org/texet.html Texet calculators
  6. Web site: Texet news release. texet.co.uk. 2006-10-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20070313112419/http://www.texet.co.uk/newsinfo.php?newsref=45&start=0. 2007-03-13. The latest market data revealed that Texet represent 26 per cent of the calculator market.