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Remington Rand, Inc.
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Remington Rand, Inc.

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Remington Rand, Inc. was an American company formed in 1927 by merging several manufacturers of office machines and business equipment, including the Remington Typewriter Company and the Rand Kardex Bureau. Its primary businesses included typewriters, business machines, and electric shavers. In 1950, Remington Rand acquired Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, which developed UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers. In 1955, Remington Rand merged with Sperry Gyroscope to become Sperry Rand Corporation, later renamed Sperry Corporation. The original Remington company, founded by Eliphalet Remington II in 1816, was a firearms manufacturer and is known as "America's oldest gunmaker".123

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