improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article s lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents . please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article . please discuss this issue on the article s talk page . april 2015 this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message for the botanist see josef jakob halda . halda typewriter halda was founded in 1887 by henning hammarlund in sv ngsta and was a swedish manufacturer of pocketwatches . 1 in 2009 halda was given new life at the initiative of the watch entrepreneur and engineer mikael sandstr m 2 contents 1 history 1.1 halda sweden s first pocketwatch factory 1.2 the company split 1.3 abu takes over the pocket watch manufacturing 1.4 ab tvidaberg industries take over typewriter manufacturing 1.5 the brand resumes 2 trip computers 3 references 4 external links history edit halda sweden s first pocketwatch factory edit halda was founded in 1887 by the factory owner henning hammarlund 1857 1922 in order to primarily produce pocket watches . its name is formed by a contraction of the founder s surname hammarlund a . hammarlund had after an education in particularly switzerland returned to sweden determined to start a swedish pocketwatch factory . the location of this purpose he found in the small community of sv ngsta by m rrums n in blekinge . the first pocketwatches haldauren was presented 1889 . in 1893 they were rewarded two medals at the world exhibition in chicago . in 1890 halda also began to produce typewriters and taximeters . the company split edit to cope with the ever decreasing demand for pocket watches during world war i hammarlund developed new ideas for the manufacturing of typewriters and taxi meters . after financial problems however the pocket watch production was put down in 1917 about 8 000 pocket watches was manufactured from 1888 to 1917 and in 1920 the company was liquidated . instead a new company ab halda fabriker took over the manufacturing of typewriters . the successful production of taximeters took the fabriks ab halda taximeter which is the origin of today s haldex ab gearboxes four wheel drive etc. and halda trancometer ab taximeters and production was moved to halmstad . abu takes over the pocket watch manufacturing edit even the production of pocket watches lived on under the watchmaker carl borgstr m s housing an employee of the halda fickursfabrik since 1904 . borgstr m bought up the remaining stock of watch parts and some machinery and again along with some watchmakers from fickursfabriken started produce watches . the company ab urfabriken abu came to produce pocketwatches until 1926 and then included fishing equipment . abu now abu garcia ab is still located in sv ngsta . ab tvidaberg industries take over typewriter manufacturing edit ab halda fabriker went bankrupt in 1927 each after the company name was changed again this time to halda ab . the business grew throughout the 1930s . in 1938 halda was taken over by ab tvidabergs industrier and converted to a subsidiary under the name facit halda ab . halda however had remained as a typewriter brand in the tvidaberg group to the year 1957 when it switched to facit ab . during the early 1970s over 1 000 employees worked at the factory in sv ngsta . during the late 1970s and 1980s business was worse and in 1987 the same year as halda turned 100 years old the former owner ericsson announced that they sold facit to the norwegian design data . facit holding ab was formed in connection with this . despite the production of electronic typewriters and focus on manufacturing personal computers and printed circuit boards the company s position deteriorated further . at the end of 1992 1993 the company went bankrupt and the typewriter production in sv ngsta was put down . the brand resumes edit in 2009 halda was given new life and at the initiative of the watch entrepreneur and engineer mikael sandstr m who has developed a new watch with an innovative concept of a time platform and two interchangeable time modules . the 21st century halda watches is based on the same drive that henning hammarlund established there is never room for compromise in quality or function . therefore in developing the first modern halda watch the company worked with the swedish astronaut christer fuglesang who tested the watch in the most extreme environment on his latest space mission sts 128 . 2 trip computers edit using their knowledge of taximeters the company created a series of trip computers for use in rallying . 3 the the halda speedpilot was called a considerable advance upon anything of the kind previously marketed as regards usefulness compactness mechanical simplicity and hence reliability simplicity of operation and price by autosport . 4 references edit sven sandstr m ; sture carlsson ; staffan sjunnesson 1987 . stefan sahl n ed . halda en svensk fickurfabrik in swedish . stockholm sveriges urmakaref rb . libris id 730257 . a b mike disher august 27 2009 . reborn halda watch co. to send timepiece into space . watchtime.com . retrieved april 8 2012 . motor rally the magic box march 1956 autosport a most accurate average speed computer march 9 1956 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title halda & oldid 732580698 categories manufacturing companies of swedenwatch manufacturing companiescompanies established in 1887typewritersswedish brandswatch brandshidden categories cs1 swedish language sources sv wikipedia introduction cleanup from april 2015all pages needing cleanuparticles 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