The Hira Company Ltd (incorporating Texet Sales Ltd) is a family-owned UK company based in Manchester, EnglandHira Corporate website , hira.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October 2006 specialising in the import and distribution of consumables.Hira Corporate website, Flash intro, hira.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October 2006
Their subsidiary Texet was founded in the 1970sAbout Texet , texet.com; article retrieved 30 October 2006 and focuses on calculators and electronic gadgets. It was partly responsible for driving Sinclair out of the pocket calculator market,"Your Computer" Texet TX-8000 review, located at gondolin.org.uk; article dated April 1983, retrieved 30 October 2006 often with devices manufactured in Far Eastern countries such as Hong Kong and South Korea.Texet calculators , buffalocalcs.org; article retrieved 30 October 2006 In 1983, the original Texet business went into receivership, and its assets and name were acquired by Hira Ltd.
The company still sells calculators and similar devices under the Texet name and- - claimed to have 26% of the UK calculator market.
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