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- Facit AB war ein schwedischer Bürogeräte- und Büromöbelhersteller. Die in Åtvidaberg ansässige Firma existierte zwischen 1922 und 1998. (de)
- Facit (Facit AB) was an industrial corporation and manufacturer of office products including furniture. It was based in Åtvidaberg, Sweden, and founded in 1922 as AB Åtvidabergs Industrier. Facit AB, a manufacturer of mechanical calculators, was incorporated into the corporation the same year. In 1932, the first ten-digit calculator was manufactured by Åtvidaberg Industries, it was named FACIT and became a great success. In the 1950s, Facit introduced a mascot character, a short, smiling man with a wizard's cap called "Facit Man". The character first appeared in the instruction manuals for Facit's calculators. The character lasted into the 1970s. By the early 1960s the corporation had a total of 8,000 employees with subsidiaries in over 100 countries, and the subsidiary Facit had come to dominate the business of the corporation. In 1965 the entire corporation changed its name to Facit AB. The following year, it acquired its competitor Addo, which was maintained as a separate subsidiary. Under the popular leadership of Gunnar Ericsson, Facit focused increasingly on its mechanical calculators, branding, marketing and global expansion. This strategy was referred to as "The New Deal". Throughout the 1960s Facit experienced an increased growth and a high profitability. However, electronic calculators were rapidly improving in performance and gained larger market shares over time. In 1965, 4,000 digital calculators were sold globally. The next year, the same figure had reached 25,000 and in 1967 they accounted for 15 percent of the market. Facit sought to handle this disruptive threat by collaborating with the Japanese firm Hayakawa (Sharp). The electronic calculators were manufactured in Japan and during 1965–67 Facit had exclusive rights to sell them through its global market organization under the Facit brand. As Hayakawa started to build its own global sales organization, the relationship between the two companies became increasingly strained. In 1970, the company had reached its peak with more than 14,000 employees worldwide. In 1971, modern Japanese-made calculators started to seriously disrupt the industry, instantly making Facit's mechanical calculators obsolete. As a result, Facit went out of business virtually overnight. The general view on this failure is that Facit met its demise as a result of refusing to acknowledge the superiority of modern calculators, as well as an unwillingness to adapt and change accordingly, to meet the new demands from the market. Other reasons for this have been mentioned as well: for instance the inability to consolidate the R&D functions of acquired companies as well as limited R&D resources due to the relatively small size of Facit compared to its American counterparts. In Swedish business theory, this is called "the Facit trap" (Swedish: Facitfällan), inability to follow a technology shift, even if skill and money is available. Also in the mid 1970s Facit's designs were cloned in products such as the VK-2 in Soviet Union. Facit was sold to Electrolux in 1973. In 1983 it was again sold to Ericsson, and the production of a microcomputer was initiated. Over four years, the Facit home computer became popular in Sweden. It offered some innovative solutions with a version of BASIC as a programming language. However, the venture was not profitable and it was terminated in 1988. The company was subsequently divided between foreign owners. The remainder of the corporation known as Facit AB was finally terminated in 1998. (en)
- Facit AB était une entreprise suédoise spécialisée dans la fabrication de machines de bureau, notamment calculatrices mécaniques et machines à écrire. Géant mondial du secteur à la fin des années 1960, elle ne put faire face à l'émergence des technologies électroniques. Ses activités, plusieurs fois revendues et dispersées, ont été définitivement liquidées en 1998.
* Facit NTK (1954)
* Facit GMBH
* Portail des entreprises
* Portail de la Suède (fr)
- Facit AB fue una empresa industrial sueca dedicada al diseño y fabricación de productos de oficina, conocida internacionalmente sobre todo por sus calculadoras mecánicas en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. Fundada en 1922, cesó su actividad definitivamente en 1998. (es)
- La società Facit (Facit AB) è stata un'azienda svedese operante nel settore delle macchine di calcolo meccaniche e delle macchine per scrivere. Elof Ericsson (1887–1961), fondatore nel 1922 di AB Åtvidabergs Industrier. Foto del 1937.Macchina di calcolo Facit, 1954 (it)
- ファシット（Facit AB）は1922年にスウェーデンのオートヴィーダベリ（Åtvidaberg）でオートヴィーダベリ工業株式会社（AB Åtvidabergs Industrier）として設立された事務機器の製造業者である。 (ja)
- A Facit (Facit AB, fundada em 1922 como AB Åtvidabergs Industrier) foi uma empresa multinacional fabricante de produtos de escritório, com sede localizada em Åtvidaberg, Suécia. A Facit AB, uma fabricante de calculadoras mecânicas, foi incorporada ao grupo empresarial neste mesmo ano. (pt)
- Facit AB var en industrikoncern med huvudkontor i Åtvidaberg. Företagets moderbolag Åtvidabergs industrier tillverkade från början träprodukter (möbler, inredningar, karosser, komponenter) men från 1940-talet dominerades företagets produktion av kontorsmaskiner. Facit fick under 1930-talet stora framgångar med räknemaskiner och köpte upp svenska tillverkare som Halda och Original-Odhner. Bolaget växte sedan kraftigt efter andra världskriget med försäljning över hela världen. Bolaget hamnade i början av 1970-talet i en djup ekonomisk kris som en följd av teknikskiftet till elektroniska maskiner och köptes upp av Electrolux 1972. (sv)
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- Facit AB war ein schwedischer Bürogeräte- und Büromöbelhersteller. Die in Åtvidaberg ansässige Firma existierte zwischen 1922 und 1998. (de)
- Facit AB était une entreprise suédoise spécialisée dans la fabrication de machines de bureau, notamment calculatrices mécaniques et machines à écrire. Géant mondial du secteur à la fin des années 1960, elle ne put faire face à l'émergence des technologies électroniques. Ses activités, plusieurs fois revendues et dispersées, ont été définitivement liquidées en 1998.
* Facit NTK (1954)
* Facit GMBH
* Portail des entreprises
* Portail de la Suède (fr)
- Facit AB fue una empresa industrial sueca dedicada al diseño y fabricación de productos de oficina, conocida internacionalmente sobre todo por sus calculadoras mecánicas en las décadas de 1950 y 1960. Fundada en 1922, cesó su actividad definitivamente en 1998. (es)
- La società Facit (Facit AB) è stata un'azienda svedese operante nel settore delle macchine di calcolo meccaniche e delle macchine per scrivere. Elof Ericsson (1887–1961), fondatore nel 1922 di AB Åtvidabergs Industrier. Foto del 1937.Macchina di calcolo Facit, 1954 (it)
- ファシット（Facit AB）は1922年にスウェーデンのオートヴィーダベリ（Åtvidaberg）でオートヴィーダベリ工業株式会社（AB Åtvidabergs Industrier）として設立された事務機器の製造業者である。 (ja)
- A Facit (Facit AB, fundada em 1922 como AB Åtvidabergs Industrier) foi uma empresa multinacional fabricante de produtos de escritório, com sede localizada em Åtvidaberg, Suécia. A Facit AB, uma fabricante de calculadoras mecânicas, foi incorporada ao grupo empresarial neste mesmo ano. (pt)
- Facit AB var en industrikoncern med huvudkontor i Åtvidaberg. Företagets moderbolag Åtvidabergs industrier tillverkade från början träprodukter (möbler, inredningar, karosser, komponenter) men från 1940-talet dominerades företagets produktion av kontorsmaskiner. Facit fick under 1930-talet stora framgångar med räknemaskiner och köpte upp svenska tillverkare som Halda och Original-Odhner. Bolaget växte sedan kraftigt efter andra världskriget med försäljning över hela världen. Bolaget hamnade i början av 1970-talet i en djup ekonomisk kris som en följd av teknikskiftet till elektroniska maskiner och köptes upp av Electrolux 1972. (sv)
- Facit (Facit AB) was an industrial corporation and manufacturer of office products including furniture. It was based in Åtvidaberg, Sweden, and founded in 1922 as AB Åtvidabergs Industrier. Facit AB, a manufacturer of mechanical calculators, was incorporated into the corporation the same year. In 1932, the first ten-digit calculator was manufactured by Åtvidaberg Industries, it was named FACIT and became a great success. The company was subsequently divided between foreign owners. The remainder of the corporation known as Facit AB was finally terminated in 1998. (en)
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