The Hira Company Ltd (incorporating Texet Sales Ltd) is a family-owned UK company based in

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Hira Corporate website
, hira.co.uk; article retrieved 30 October 2006 specialising in the import and distribution of consumables. Their subsidiary Texet was founded in the 1970s and focuses on

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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

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. The company still sells calculators and similar devices under the Texet name and- - claimed to have 26% of the UK calculator market.{{cite web, url=http://www.texet.co.uk/newsinfo.php?newsref=45&start=0, title=Texet news release, website=texet.co.uk, accessdate=2006-10-30, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313112419/http://www.texet.co.uk/newsinfo.php?newsref=45&start=0, archivedate=2007-03-13, quote=The latest market data revealed that Texet represent 26 per cent of the calculator market

External links

Official Site

References

Electronics companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Manchester