Texet Sales Ltd

The Hira Company Ltd (incorporating Texet Sales Ltd) is a family-owned UK company specialising in the import and distribution of consumables. [ [http://www.hira.co.uk Hira Corporate website, Flash intro] , hira.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October, 2006] It is based in Manchester, England. [http://www.hira.co.uk/default1.asp Hira Corporate website] , hira.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October, 2006]

Their subsidiary Texet was founded in the 1970s [ [http://www.texet.com/about.php About Texet] , texet.com; article retrieved 30 October, 2006] and focuses on calculators and electronic gadgets. It was partly responsible for driving Sinclair out of the pocket calculator market, [http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/reviews/yc-texet.html "Your Computer" Texet TX-8000 review] , located at gondolin.org.uk; article dated April 1983, retrieved 30 October, 2006] often with devices manufactured in Far Eastern countries such as Hong Kong and South Korea. [ [http://www.buffalocalcs.org/texet.html Texet calculators] , buffalocalcs.org; article retrieved 30 October, 2006] . The company still sells calculators and similar devices under the Texet name and (according to their own figures) have 26% of the UK calculator market. [ [http://www.texet.co.uk/newsinfo.php?newsref=45&start=0 Texet news release] , texet.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October, 2006]

External links

* [http://www.texet.com Official Site]

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