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IBM's original factory in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
-- which opened in 1952 -- was succeeded in 1960
by a second plant (seen here) for the exclusive
production of IBM office products. A year later,
the facility was turning out the new IBM Selectric
Typewriter -- the first “golf ball”
element typewriter -- for customers in Europe.
By 1966, the plant had produced its 10,000th typewriter.
In 1968, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands opened
a new IBM plant. It had more than 1,300 employees
who produced the IBM 72 and Magnetic Tape 72 typewriters
and Composers, along with several models of input/output
typewriters. More than 90 percent of that production
was exported.
In 1975, the Amsterdam facility marked the production
of its one millionth IBM Selectric Typewriter,
and it celebrated its Silver Anniversary two years
later, when there were 2,000 employees manufacturing
composers and typewriters.
In 1980, the two millionth typewriter was produced
in Amsterdam. Later in the decade, the plant manufactured
electronic typewriters, electronic keyboards,
controllers, quality matrix and industry printers,
printers for banking systems, printers for IBM
Personal Computers, and cables. (VV8002)
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