Remington Rand
Rock Ledge estate in Rowayton, Connecticut, company headquarters from 1943 to 1964 | |
| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Technology |
| Predecessors | |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Defunct | 1955 |
| Fate | Merged with Sperry Corporation in 1955 to become Sperry Rand; latter merged with Burroughs Corporation in 1986 to become Unisys |
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Remington Rand, Inc. was an early American business machine manufacturer, originally a typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation the manufacturer of the UNIVAC line of mainframe computers. Formed in 1927 following a merger, Remington Rand was a diversified conglomerate making other office equipment, electric shavers, etc. The Remington Rand Building at 315 Park Avenue South in New York City is a 20-floor skyscraper completed in 1911. After 1955, Remington Rand had a long series of mergers and acquisitions that eventually resulted in the formation of Unisys.
During World War II, Remington Rand produced M1911 pistols used by the United States Armed Forces.