Packard Bell NEC

(Packard Bell, The Netherlands, www.packardbell.com) A major PC manufacturer that is the consumer brand of NEC Computers International and the home computing market leader in the U.K. and much of Western Europe.

Packard Bell's history dates back to 1926 when it was founded as a consumer radio manufacturer and later entered the defense electronics industry. It was acquired by Teledyne in 1968. In 1986, Beny Alagem and a group of partners acquired the Packard Bell name from Teledyne and formed Packard Bell Electronics. This company pioneered sales into the mass-market retail chains in the late 1980s and was the first to offer toll-free support to end users. In 1995, Packard Bell acquired Zenith Data Systems and, in 1996, merged with NEC's personal computer operations to become Packard Bell NEC. NEC reorganized its PC business worldwide in 2000, with Packard Bell closing its U.S. offices and focusing exclusively on Europe's consumer market. See NEC.

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The Consumer Products Division of Packard Bell NEC markets a wide range of desktop PCs, designed to meet the diverse needs of the home and home office consumer under the Packard Bell and NEC Ready brand.

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Packard Bell NEC, based in Sacramento, California, is best-known for its consumer-oriented PCs.

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NEC Corp has blamed the record annual loss it reported last Friday on the poor performance of its US-based Packard Bell NEC subsidiary and higher-than-expected restructuring costs.

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said it would incorporate Packard Bell NEC Inc., the U.S.

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The good news was that more then 800 jobs are to be created in Silicon Glen with the arrival of computer giants Packard Bell NEC.

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Graeme Simons, director of the commercial division at Packard Bell NEC UK, which makes PDAs based on Windows CE, commented that Psion has a "huge fight on now" because of the increasing proliferation of handheld devices.

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Packard Bell NEC is considering using a new kind of chip that could bring the cost of a PC to below $500.

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