British Olivetti

British arm of the Italian company Olivetti

of 10 Berkeley Square, London, W1. Telephone: GRO 6161 (1952)

of Summerlee Street, Queenslie Industrial Estate, Glasgow. (factory)

1947 Private company.

1948 Glasgow factory opened.

1961 Manufacturers and repairers of typewriters, including the "Diaspron 82" and "Lettera 22" typewriters. 1,300 employees. ^[1]

1977 Glasgow factory sold to SCM who later closed it in 1982.^[2]

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