GENICOM [SEP] dissolved or abolished
GENICOM
From 1982 to 2003, GENICOM was a leading American manufacturer of computer printers, based in Chantilly, Virginia.
The GE years.
In 1954, General Electric (GE) decided to decentralize the company into separate business units. After reorganizing the motors and controls groups, several products remained that did not fit into the new groups- these 'leftovers' were formed into the Specialty Control Department.
A decision was made to build a new plant in Waynesboro, Virginia for Specialty Control with Dr. Louis T. Rader
developer of IBM interfaces in Gaithersburg, Maryland, was announced. PSC President Art Gallo joined GENICOM as a vice president. PSC became GENICOM's laser development group, and began producing GENICOM printers using Lexmark and Kentek engines.
In 1996, the Texas Instruments printer business was purchased, giving GENICOM a line of airline-ticket, boarding-pass and baggage-tag printers.
In August 1997, GENICOM purchased the printer division of Digital Equipment Corporation for $27 million, and produced printers under both the GENICOM and Digital