Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
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Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

The history of Burroughs is a history of mergers and acquisitions. In the early part of the 20th century, the competition in the adding machine industry was intense.  

New inventions were everywhere and companies sprang into existence to market the products.

The following is a list of the mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures that marked the history of Burroughs.  Burroughs literally owes its marketplace success to this activity.

The following list is being compiled over time, please return to this page later for additional entries.

 
Company Location Date
Acme Carbon and Ribbon Company, Ltd.  Toronto, Canada Acquired in 1949
Burroughs Adding and Registering Company, Ltd., Nottingham, England  Acquired in 1908
Charles Hadley Company ? Acquired in 1956
Control Instrument Company New York, NY Acquired in 1951
Convergent Technologies Santa Clara, CA Acquired in 1988
ElectroData Company Pasadena, CA Acquired in 1956
Graphic Sciences, Inc. Danbury, CT Acquired in 1975
Graftek Graphics Technology Corp. Acquired in 1984
Haydu Brothers Plainfield, NJ Acquired in 1954
Joseph Cogan, Associates   Acquired in 1984
Memorex Corporation Santa Clara, CA Acquired in 1981
Midwest Systems Group   Acquired in 1982
Mittag & Volger, Inc. Park Ridge, NJ  Acquired in 1949
Moon Hopkins Billing Machine Company      Acquired in 1921
Paramax Canada Acquired in 1986
Pike Adding Machine Company   Acquired in 1909
Redactron Corporation New York Acquired in 1976
Sperry Blue Bell, PA Acquired in 1986
System Development Corporation Camarillo, CA Acquired in 1980
Systems Research, Inc (SRI) San Jose, CA Acquired in 1981
Timplex   Acquired in 1988
Todd Company Rochester, NY Acquired in 1955
Universal Adding Machine Company     Acquired in 1908