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This Parrot is the South African Parrot Products business, not the French drone company. Parrot Products says it was founded in Johannesburg in 1992.

Pantum says it was founded in 2010 and launched its first printer that year at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Other World Computing was founded in Illinois in 1988 by Larry O’Connor, who was 14 at the time.

The Norton name in software dates to Peter Norton Computing, founded in 1982 and known for utility software for personal computers.

Nikon began in 1917 as Nippon Kogaku K.K., created by combining Japanese optical businesses to build advanced optical instruments domestically.

Parent company Newland Digital Technology dates to 1994, while the business represented by newlandaidc.com is Newland AIDC, founded in 1999 as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Netis Systems Co., Ltd. was founded in 2000 and develops networking products and solutions.

Brother’s origins are in sewing machines, not printers. The business began in Nagoya in 1908 as a sewing-machine repair operation run by the Yasui family.

BIXOLON’s origin predates the BIXOLON company name. Its official history starts in 1993 inside Samsung’s mini-printer business, producing printer mechanisms for electronic cash registers.

Acconet’s official site supports a clear description of the business but does not publish the kind of founding chronology available for older networking manufacturers.