IBM Manufacturing in the Nordic Countries




Paju P

2011

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

HISTORY OF NORDIC COMPUTING 3

IFIP ADV INF COMM TE

350

215

227

13

1868-4238



Unlike other foreign computing companies, in addition to sales and service IBM early on also established production facilities in the Nordic countries. To provide a better understanding of the role of IBM in these countries, the article surveys IBM manufacturing in the region: what was produced, and where were these functions located? The term "production" is understood in a rather narrow sense, as manufacture. The results show that for several decades, IBM produced punched cards in four Nordic countries, but that after 1960 there has been only one IBM factory for hardware in the region, located in the Stockholm area. The article also discusses the reasons for Sweden's importance in IBM manufacture, and suggests that Nordic companies contributed to IBM manufacture through subcontracting.




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