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First Dial Recorder Although IBM was incorporated in the state of New York on June 16, 1911 as the Computing- Tabulating- Recording Company (C-T-R), its origins can be traced back to developments at the close of the 19th century. For example, the first dial recorder was invented by Dr. Alexander Dey in 1888, and Dey's business became one of the building blocks of C-T-R. Similarly, the Bundy Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1889 as the first time recording company in the world, and it, too, later became a key component of C-T-R.

 
Predecessor companies
1889 1889
first time recording
 

Research & technology
1885 1885
first computing scale
 
1886 1886
tabulating system
 
1888 1888
first dial recorder company