Librex Computer Systems: Difference between revisions

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'''Librex Computer Systems Inc.''' was a short-lived American subsidiary of the [[Nippon Steel|Nippon Steel Corporation]] that manufactured [[Laptop|notebook computers]] from 1990 to 1992.<ref name=Bartolik1990>{{cite journal | editor-last=Bartolik | editor-first=Peter | date=August 27, 1990 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6wpPH35JpIkC&pg=RA4-PA11 | title=Nippon steel enters PC market | journal=Computerworld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=XXIV | issue=35 | page=103 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=Rockman1996>{{cite journal | last=Rockman | first=Simon | date=June 1996 | url=https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerWorldMagazine/PCW%20199606%20June%20Created%20From%20PCW%20Cover%20CD/page/n91/ | title=Retro Computing | journal=Personal Computer World | publisher=Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen | volume=19 | issue=6 | pages=202, 232 | via=the Internet Archive}}</ref> Librex had roots in Nippon Steel's Electronics and Information Systems Division (EISD) back in Japan, which starting in 1986 had formed joint ventures with several high-profile American computer companies. Librex was Nippon Steel EISD's first venture in the United States; it also set up '''Nippon Steel Computer [[Public limited company|PLC]]''' in the United Kingdom to sell identical products. The company's notebooks received praise in the technology press, but a fierce [[price war]] in the market for laptops in the early 1990s combined with dwindling profit margins forcedcompelled Nippon Steel to dissolve Librex in 1993.

==History==