January-February 1994 TMO’s Turnaround

• Ned Barnholt, general manager and vice president of HP’s oldest business, Test & Measurement Organization (TMO), transforms it to capitalize on growing communications industry; TMO grew 4 percent last year in difficult economy. 4-7
• John Minck discusses TMO history, Stanford Park Division. 8-9
• Open Line employee survey measures opinions and attitudes; Lew Platt’s goal is to reassert HP’s leadership as an “employer of choice.” 10-13
• New products include HP OmniBook, HP 3D capillary electrophoresis; Openview network management software; X stations; DeskJet 1200 printers; HLMA-CP00 LED lamp; SS7 network monitoring system; VidJet printer; 75000 broadband network test system; 8300 digital IC test system; DesignJet 650C plotter. 14-17
• Organization chart. (insert)
• Indiana University Sports Medicine Drug Testing Lab uses HP analytical equipment. 18-19
• Pros and cons of employee drug testing. 20-21
• HP-5LX palmtop computer runs Mirical Corp.’s Personal Food Analyst software. 22-23
• HP equipment inside Biosphere 2. 24-25
• Lew Platt discusses President’s Quality Award; photo celebrating the sale of 20 millionth printer with Dick Hackborn and Rick Belluzzo at COMDEX computer show in Las Vegas. 27
• Women in Europe conference workshops tackle tough issues such as glass door, career development, balancing work and family. 28
• Building 40 demolished, Cupertino, Calif., former home of Data Systems Division. 28
• Palo Alto board game “AltoOpoly” includes HP. 29
• HP donates $2.65 million in cash and equipment to MIT Media Lab. 29
• HP printers donated to Smithsonian Computers, Information and Society Collection. 29
• HP cuts chemical releases in U.S. by 24 percent from 1991-92. 31

March-April 1994 HP Challenges the Competition

• HP’s top competitors in each of its major businesses include Canon, Lexmark, Compaq, IBM, Sun, DEC, Spacelabs Medical, Emtek Healthcare Systems, Acuson, Toshiba, NEC, AT&T, Tektronix, Advantest, Teradyne, Perkin Elmer, Thermo Instrument Systems, Millipore; profiles of competitor companies are listed. 4-11
• Barney Oliver, HP technology chief, contributes to NASA Ames Research Center’s Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project. 12-14
• HP Auckland, New Zealand, orders top $30 million. 15-17
• Lawrence Lowe, from HP division in Scotland, helps develop the telecommunications infrastructure in China. 18-19
• President’s Quality Award winners announced. 20-21
• Swiss banking industry upgrades with HP workstations. 22-23
• United Dairy Farmers (UDF), a 215-unit convenience store chain headquartered in Cincinnati, uses HP PCs. 24-25
• HP UK employee adopts child with help of HP Brazil network. 28
• Lew Platt reviews 1993, an “exhilarating and exhausting” year. 29
• 78-foot root removed from HP Sunnyvale storm drain. 30
• Bob Wayman, executive vice president, quote about predicting the future. 30
• Effects on HP of the Jan. 17 Los Angeles earthquake. 31
• HP Labs Science Center formed at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa Israel. 31
• First-quarter net revenue up 24 percent, earnings up 41. 31
• HP acquires Biomolecular Separations, Inc. and forms joint venture with Taligent; agreements with Pacific Telesis, Telecommunications, Inc., Bell SYGMA, Nokia Telecommunications. 31

May-June 1994 School Days HP Style

• Online services of electronic superhighway are discussed, including e-mail, Internet, business tools. 4-7
• HP’s electronic mail link has traffic of 5 million messages a year. 8-9
• Singapore’s technological vision as “Intelligent Island” positions itself to become one of first countries to establish nationwide information infrastructure. 10-12
• HP-Zurich’s Stephan Bollinger stars in “Space Dream,” musical. 13-15
• Santa Rosa school district establishes worksite grade school at HP Santa Rosa, Calif. 16-19
• Former employee Greg Piburn contrasts employees and consultants and the consultant’s mindset. 20-21
• Employee statistical profile of 96,000 HP people; 59,000 in U.S. and Canada, 20,000 in Europe, 14,600 in Asia and 2500 in Latin America. 22-23
• HP Vietnamese-American reflects on the Vietnamese war, embargoes and doing business in Vietnam. 24
• Lew Platt discusses employment security, that it’s an HP objective, not a guarantee. 26-27
• HP hosts African-American Student’s Day for 125 high school students from San Jose. (diversity) 28
• Meaning of HP “overtaking” DEC is mistranslated to “takeover” in Russian article. 28
• Jim Hall of Boise, Idaho, Printer Division wins “Design News” annual quality award for LaserJet printer. 29

July-August 1994 The Sweet Smell of Success

• YHP, HP’s Japanese subsidiary, thrives despite downturn in Japan’s economy. 4-8
• Mass Storage Group (MSG) “world-beating” products include tape, disk drives, optical products; storage products becoming more visible; MSG sells to all major manufacturers and resellers. 9-11
• Gary Eichhorn, vice president of Workstation Systems Group, discusses strategy. 12-14
• HP provides analytical products at France’s Advanced Institute for Perfume, Cosmetics and Food Flavoring. 15
• HP interactive television products include remote-control devices and set-top boxes that consumers use to interact with televisions. 18-20
• Medical graduates receive HP’s “Top Grad” award and HP Rappaport-Sprague stethoscope. 21
• HP’s Phil Yastrow builds water-skiing lakes. 22-24
• Chris Huggins discusses contractors versus employees in response to Lew Platt’s article (Measure, May-June, 1994) about job security. 26
• Lew Platt discusses 1994 business fundamentals: 1. Customer satisfaction, 2. Total Quality Management, 3. Software product quality, 4. Hardware product quality, 5. ISO 90006. U.S. minority-business program, 7.
• Product-generation process; performance reviews. 9
• Injury/illness prevention. 10
• Product stewardship, Worldwide Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) audits. 27-28
• HP participates in second annual “Take Our Daughters to Work Day.” 29
• Eastern Professional Women’s Conference meets in Andover, Mass. 29
• Jim White works with disabled students in computer-aided design class. 31
• Second-quarter revenue up 23 percent, orders up 19. 30
• HP and Intel have joint R&D project. 31
• HP acquires CaLan Inc., leading supplier of cable TV test, measurement and monitoring systems. 31
• HP couple marries in Safeway supermarket. 31

September-October 1994 When the Office Hits the Road

• HP workplace changes regarding telecommuting; typical HP telecommuter is described; flexible office situation almost always improves productivity; other benefits listed along with new terminology and must-have home office equipment. 4-8
• Test and measurement field engineers support “maquiladoras” customers (factories that line the Mexican border). 9-11
• Annual report explained: financial performance, accounting terms, order, sale, ROA (return on assets), earnings, cost of goods sold, cost of sales, operating expenses, operating profit, net profit. 12-13
• HP Canada opened its first office in Montreal, Quebec, in 1961; now has 27 sites in Canada. 14-17
• TestBook, a custom instrument from Integrated Systems Division, accelerates vehicle repairs, automobile test. 18-20
• San Diego Division’s manager Raj Kirpalani has trust and respect of coworkers. 21-23
• Boise employee Jim Haberkorn talks about losing his job to offshoring. 24-25
• Lew Platt discusses avoiding complacency, open communications, investment in long term R&D. 27
• HP Italy celebrates 10th anniversary of InkJet and LaserJet products and 10 millionth sale of each with product. 28
• Asian Business magazine carries HP cover every issue. 28
• Research Library celebrates more than 40 years of service. 29
• HP ranks 19 in Fortune 500 list (460 in 1962). 29
• HP runner Brian Purcell competes in marathon in Japan. 30
• HP McMinnville’s Nancy Forman saves a fellow airline passenger. 31
• New products include 200LX, OmniBook 530, HP G2025A, Fibre channel/9000 network. 31
• HPA2882A flat panel display wins design awards. 31

November-December 1994 A Nice Place for a Bit of a Giggle

• Computer Systems Organization (CSO) strives to improve its order-fulfillment record; costs reduced 30 percent, cycle time reduced from 60 to 20 days. 4-8
• Boddington Group, a UK brewery, uses HP 9000 business computer and open-systems platform. 9-11
• HP no longer a place where every division is a self-contained mini-company; HP outsourcing manufacturing (core competencies). (offshoring) 12-14
• Caledonian MacBrayne, a Scottish car and passenger ferry company, uses HP 3000 computer system. 15-19
• HP CEO “Hoshin” goals for 1995 include focus on consistent financial performance, solving customer problems and reasserting HP’s leadership as the best place to work. 20
• Midwestern scavenger finds functional 1520A patient monitoring device and arranges donation of HP medical equipment to Slovakia. 21
• Al Dossola, head of HP Credit Union since its beginning in 1969, retires after 25 years. 22-23
• SKD Spokane (Washington) Division transitions from defense to commercial businesses. 24
• President Lew Platt discusses CEO “Hoshin” goals. 26-27
• Drexel University engineering lab uses HP equipment. 28
• Camera lost in Hachioji, Japan, returned to owner. 28
• Synergies video shows HP technologies and equipment in future. 29
• Executive car wax gives proceeds to United Way. 29

January-February 1993 New Ways to Work

• Measure magazine celebrates its 30th anniversary. 3
• Interview with Bob Wayman, executive vice president, discusses personnel and finance. 4-7
• Milton Moscowitz, business author, comments on HP and that it’s not the same company. 8-9
• Innovative solution to work demands highlights new ways to work, including self-managed work teams, alternative schedules, telecommuting, job-sharing. 10-14
• Customer Caterpillar Inc. uses HP 9000 and Test Development Environment to ensure quality. 13-17
• HP Singapore’s Karen Seet is hospice volunteer. 18-20
• New products include HP SONOS intravascular imaging; HP G100A protein sequencing, analytical; HP DeskJet 550C color and black white printer; HDMP-1000 gigabit-link silicon chip; HP LaserJet 4 printer; HP Vectra 486N PC desktop personal computer; HP 8133A 3-GHz pulse generator, measures integrated circuits and boards; HP Apollo 9000 series 700 workstations based on PA-7100; HP 75000 Model HD2000 data-acquisition system; HP 1642A data-acquisition card for modular HP16500 series logic-analysis system. 22-23
• Employee’s personal experience with HP medical equipment. 24
• Lew Platt’s “Hoshin” (Japanese terms for “breakthrough” is systematic planning process) goals for 1993. 25-26
• Momoko Sekiya, YHP, marries photographer who worked with her on HP “One Day” project in Japan, in 1988. 27
• Harvard’s Dunster House gets HP workstation/advanced learning center courtesy of Walter Hewlett. 28
• HP Avondale moves to Wilmington, Delaware, and is named Little Falls Operation. 29
• HP Spain raises money for aid to Somalia medical organization, help for Bosnia. 30
• Fourth-quarter net revenue up 13 percent, orders up 20. 30
• Purchasing magazine awards procurement team. 31
• Telecommunications Systems Business Unit (TSBU) formed. 31
• HP announces joint venture with Ericsson to develop network-management systems for telecom industry. 31

March-April 1993 Clearing the Way for Results

• Improving order-fulfillment process is high priority for 1993. 3-7
• HP scholarship program effort by employees encourages other employees’ kids to go to college. 8-9
• Colorado Springs Division transfers engineering responsibility to CHP, Beijing. 10-11
• Former employee and Baldrige Award recipient Bruce Woolpert discusses HP. 12-13
• Malaysia 1972-present, sites in Penang, Kuala Lumpur. 14-18
• Employees talk about xenophobia (fear/hatred of foreigners) in Germany. 19
• Crossword puzzle challenges employees about Measure history. 20-21
• Resolution enhancement technology, RET, for LaserJet printers, Charles Tung innovation. 22-24
• Lew Platt discusses HP way. 26-27
• HP disabled musicians part of Easy Access band. 28
• HP wins Personnel Journal award for human-resource management. 28
• HP Press has two new publishing partners: Prentice-Hall and Random House. 29
• First-quarter revenue up 18 percent, orders up 24. 29
• Employee’s fractal art published on calendar and cards. 30
• HP named in “The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America” by authors Milton Moscowitz and Robert Levering. 30
• Field operations in Western Hemisphere, NAFO, changes to Americas Operations, which will include the Latin America part of Intercon; Asia Pacific to one geographic organization. 31

May-June 1993 Facing Change

• Discussion of change and what happens when jobs are relocated; terminated employees in transition. 3-7
• U.S. semiconductor manufacturers and U.S. government join forces in SEMATECH, Austin, Texas, to strengthen industry competitiveness. 8-10
• HP in Russia and Packard’s Initiative training program; Herb Blomquist director, International Contract Programming group, ICP. 11-13
• HP’s community service objectives include programs that donate to universities, reuse and recycle programs, and encouraging employee involvement. 16-19
• Program gives R&D engineers a technical track (rather than management track) to advance careers. 20-21
• Julie Ryan, New Jersey Division, advances from secretary to manager. 22-24
• HP people help Baltimore woman whose HP husband was murdered in 1992. 25
• Lew Platt discusses managing change. 26-27
• John Young becomes CEO of Smart Valley Inc., nonprofit formed to link all segments of Silicon Valley. 28
• HP employee Bob Reynard vacation spent with volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance in Russia teaching farmers how to use computers. 28
• HP gives grant to San Francisco Ballet and Opera. 29
• HP equipment outfits mobile science for high school students in Los Angeles area. 29
• HP ranks 24 on Fortune 500 list. 29
• Stanford Park Division becomes Video Communications Division
• (VID). 31
• HP acquires Four Pi Systems Corp., manufacturer of automated process test systems. 31

July-August 1993 Environmental Victories

• Emphasis on decentralized decision-making in the 1990s. 3-6
• HP’s new laser-printer manufacturing facility in Italy gears up. 7-9
• Alan Bickell, international operations, talks about managing international operations. 10-13
• Measure editors review highlights at 30-year anniversary. 14-15
• New environmental program, “product stewardship,” formed to prevent harm to health, safety and ecology caused by any HP product. 16-19
• HP employee, Binh Rybacki, returns to Vietnam on humanitarian mission. 20-22
• Ben Holmes, manager of medical products group, comments on health care reform and costs. 23
• Barb Triol wins “Catalyst for Organizational Change” award at Technical Women’s Conference. 24
• Lew Platt discusses most-asked questions. 27
• HP executives don Australian gear in Melbourne. 28
• Stuffed bunnies collected by Worldwide Customer Support Operations and Finance and Remarketing Division for local police officers to give to children. 28
• HP participates in Geneva’s Chamber of Commerce event. 29
• Attorney Rand Newman writes mystery novel. 29
• Kittyhawk public relations campaign wins Silver Anvil award. 30
• Second-quarter revenue exceeds $5 billion. 30
• Job Resource Center in Corvallis employs developmentally disabled. 31
• HP buys BT&D Technologies Ltd. 31
• New products include HP Omnibook 300, smallest and lightest PC on market. 31

September-October 1993 High-Tech Passage to India

• Enormous revolutions in measurement, computation and communications and what it means for the future. 3-6
• Analytical leaves Avondale, Penn., and the impact of the largest employer leaving town. 7-9
• Cort Van Rensselaer (longest-service employee, 45 years) and Arnold Stauffer (started HP’s first operations in Europe) retire. 11
• Importance of backing up data and insurance; Common Operating Environments (COE) allows HP users to communicate more effectively. 12-13
• HP’s launched joint venture with India company in 1970; since 1989, HP’s presence in India has grown to 190-employee office in New Delhi and subsidiary in Bangalore. 14-16
• Wim Roelandts discusses Computer Systems Organization (CSO). 18-21
• Employee Jim Hines talks about need to get back some of the historical HP culture. 22
• HP’s Danette Taggart visits China for technical information exchange; Women in Computers and Data Processing delegation. 23-25
• Lew Platt discusses need for more diversity. 26-27
• Requirements are listed for HP President’s Quality Award. 28
• HP wins 14 honors at Hong Kong Top Quality Control (TQC) convention. 29
• HP recognized by Children Now for equipment grants to California schools. 29
• Retrospective of the late Norm Neely’s contributions to HP. 30
• Yokogawa Electric Corp. plans museum of measurement technology, which will include exhibits from HP Archives. 31
• Mark S. Lundstrom, professor of engineering at Purdue, wins Frederick Emmons Terman Award. 31
• Solectron purchases process technology associated with the printed circuit division of Lake Stevens Instrument Division. 31
• HP products certified by EPA for saving energy (by going into low-power standby mode when inactive) can display “Energy Star” logo. 31

November-December 1993 Dave Says Goodbye

• Co-founder Dave Packard retires after 54 years of leadership. 3-6
• Lew Platt calls for more improvement in percentage of women and minorities in management jobs and above; Platt shocked by overt acts of discrimination. (diversity) 7-9
• DeskManager, HP’s e-mail system, is 10 years old. 10-11
• HP backs North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. 12-13
• Weyerhauser, world’s largest forest-products company, picks HP’s Apollo 9000 computer to move to open-systems computing. 14-17
• Bill Terry, embodiment of HP Way and one of HP’s highest ranking managers, retires. 18-20
• Kazunori Santa, YHP customer support engineer, talks about his famous last name. 21-23
• HP employees give Measure high marks on most survey questions. 24-25
• Lew Platt discusses Hoshin planning goals: increasing profit, improving order fulfillment, reasserting HP’s leadership as the best place to work (HP Way). 26-27
• 10 millionth HP LaserJet printer manufactured. 28
• HP Singapore holds annual TechQuiz contest; 13 junior colleges compete for $70,000 of HP equipment. 28
• Lew Platt wears Jim Willards shoes in Loveland Colo. 29
• Two HP Apollo model 710 workstations donated to Australian Koala Foundation. 29
• HP sponsors City Year in Boston. 29
• Marty Poniatowski’s HP Press book on HP-UX a bestseller. 30
• Rescue greyhounds make good pets. 31
• HP acquires EEsof Inc. 31

January-February 1992 HP: A Movable Feast

• HP and the stock market, and how Wall Street analysts view financial results; trading terms defined. 3-6
• HP test equipment used on Discovery space shuttle. 7-10
• HP reduces use of chlorofluorocarbons by 67 percent. 11
• Telecom ’91 is important showcase for HP’s telecommunications products. 12-15
• Taco Bell automates using HP Vectra personal computers, software, printers. 16-19
• HP’s Exeter Computer Manufacturing Operation (ECMO) in Exeter, N.H., makes transition into part of a global company. 20-22
• HP employees’ experiences in international business etiquette, multicultural communication. (diversity) 23-26
• John Young discusses profit and process improvement. 27-28
• HP ads appear on Singapore buses. 29
• Fourth-quarter net revenue up 7 percent. 30
• Egon Loebner, HP Labs scientist, dies of cancer. 31
• HP acquires Avantek Inc. of Santa Clara. 31

March-April 1992 A Night at the Opera

• Roseville, NOVA, manufacturing/engineering team reduce costs; efficiency within Systems Technology Division HP 9000, 3000 computer business systems and servers. 3-5
• Interview with Ned Barnholt, vice president of Test and Measurement, discusses communications and information processing opportunities. 6-10
• HP China employees talk about factors in reunifying China. 11-13
• Employee photos from around the world. 14-17
• Len Cutler “Father Time” biography and the history of HP’s atomic clock. 18-20
• Experiences and challenges of HP’s International Sales Branch in 75 countries. 22-25
• John Young talks about direction for the ’90s. 26-27
• HP cardiac ultrasound unit given to St Petersburg, Russia, children’s hospital. 28
• HP engineer to represent Junior Achievement delegation to USSR. 28
• HP-75C portable computer used since 1984 by marine scientist. 29
• Yokogawa Technology Museum displays products from HP Archive’s historical product collection. 30
• Condolezza Rice and Thomas Everhart elected to board. 30
• HP-35 first scientific pocket calculator celebrates 20th anniversary. 31
• HP and Novell announce strategic relationship to develop NetWare operating system. 31
• New products include new model of Apollo 9000 computer, ultrabright amber LEDs, modular oscilloscope. 31

May-June 1992 Taking a Bite out of the Apple Market

• HP peripherals, printers and scanners for Macintosh users help HP compete with Apple; products from both companies are compared. 3-5
• Four HP plants show how to improve quality: Boise, Idaho; Roseville, Calif.; UK; Penang, Malaysia; company’s quality improvement plan. 6-9
• HP funds foundation to administer Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award; award is most coveted by American companies. 10-12
• HP’s European Business Partners are important link to users of HP computer products. 13-15
• HP priorities and directions for the 1990s — mission, purpose statement, electronic information highway utility, information utility and appliances. (insert)
• Santa Rosa, Microwave Technology Division, and Rohnert Park, Microwave Instrument Division and the Printed Circuit Assembly Center are featured. 17-20
• Eagle project to streamline order-fulfillment processes. 21-23
• Barb Stinnett, sales rep, breaks quota. 24-26
• John Young discusses quality program. 27-28
• Employees go dumpster diving to check on recycling program at Fort Collins, Colo. 29
• Partnership Academies program builds academic and vocational skills of area high school students. 29
• OML software on HP9000 Series 720 workstation demonstrated to England’s Prime Minister John Major. 30
• YEC and HP form Yokogawa Analytical Systems (YAN). 30
• HP 3000 Series 900 used to manage parole records for California Department of Corrections. 31

July-August 1992 90,000 Employees Can’t Be Wrong

• Management, balancing people needs with business needs. 3-6
• Employee survey, “If I could change one thing at HP,” conducted every two years. 8-10
• 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake activates new preparedness programs at HP. 11-12
• HP real estate philosophy changes; company trimming its holdings for last three years. 13-15
• YHP holds open house in new facility in Kobe, Japan. 16-18
• “Benchmarking” defined as comparing functional processes to perceived “best in class” companies to make improvements in effectiveness and efficiency. 20-22
• UK employees commission “Goldfinger” rose to be bred for HP’s 50th anniversary; royalties go to charity. 23
• Bob Boniface, retired executive vice president and board member, biography; Mary Tyler Moore poses with him in 1962 Wescon ad. 24-26
• John Young discusses importance of people and leadership. 27
• HP 110 portable PC run over by cars and still works. 28
• HP ranks fourth in Money magazine survey of employee benefits. 28
• HP makes $150,000 pledge to National Public Radio. 28
• HP workstations used in designing Olympic dormitory in Barcelona. 29
• HP volunteerism and philanthropy after Guadalajara explosion. 30
• Information Architecture Group dispersed. 30
• North American Field Operations (NAFO) reduces sales regions from five to four. 30
• Second-quarter net earnings up 40 percent, net revenue up 12. 30
• New products include HP 3000s and HP 9000s, Kittyhawk disk, HP FAX 200, 310, HP 83731A synthesized signal generator, HP Acoustic Quantification technology. 31

September – October 1992 An Eye on the Future

• HP solicits customer suggestions. 3-6
• Customer satisfaction, toll-free telephone response center for 24-hour support. 7-8
• Interview with John Young. 9-13
• Dean Morton, chief operating officer, reflects on his 32-year career at HP. 14-16
• Two HP employees competing in 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona; HP drug testing equipment is used. 18-20
• HP has 5 percent of Japanese optoelectronics and microwave components market, LEDs, and sees opportunity for growth; components design center, Tokyo. 21-24
• Europe’s Nordic territory used to test distributed headquarters management model. 25
• Mainframes-as-dinosaurs ad campaign promotes HP business computer systems. 29
• HP Hong Kong team competes in Chinese dragon boat races. 29
• John Young, president and CEO, announces plan to retire. 30
• Third-quarter net revenue up 15 percent, net earnings down 1 percent. 30
• HP Edisa, subsidiary in Brazil, touts environmental preservation. 31
• HP assumes ownership of Magyarorszag Kft. subsidiary in Hungary. 31

November-December 1992 Getting to the Meat of the Problem

• HP’s efforts to consolidate its data centers save millions of dollars. 3-7
• Vancouver Division makes DeskJet printers, which have become world’s best-selling printers. 8-10
• HP Spain Medical Products Group works with INSALUD, the agency which coordinates regional health-care services. 11-13
• HP gas chromatographs help Armour Swift-Eckrich become a leader in food technology. 14-17
• Corporate organization chart. (insert)
• College recruiting important to fresh ideas at HP. 18-20
• Ron Glass, Montana systems-support engineer, maintains HP equipment across state. 22-24
• HP Taiwan’s environmental program adopts Tatun Natural Park. 25
• New HP president and CEO, Lew Platt, introduces himself. 26-27
• HP donates money and equipment to Hurricane Andrew relief in Fla. 28
• HP volunteers use Legos to design buildings in K-12 science-in-school program. 29
• HP acquires Texas Instruments. 29
• HP Singapore holds Family Day. 30
• Working Mother magazine rates HP in top 100 companies. 30
• HP’s Marv Patterson writes book “Accelerating Innovation.” 31
• HP acquires Colorado Memory Systems. 31
• To improve profitability, HP announces Voluntary Severance Incentive program; 220 former Avantek employees laid off. 31

January-February 1991 Targeting the Future: HP Labs’ 25th Year

• HP Labs celebrates 25th anniversary and mission of long-range technological exploration and development in collaboration with product organizations; new products account for most of HP sales. 3-9
• HP’s Advanced Manufacturing Systems Operation (AMSO) develops “electronic toolbox” -– the Service Bay Diagnostic System (SBDS)– for Ford. 10-14
• Holdings of HP archives are described. 15-18
• Technology Center of Silicon Valley houses history and technology of Silicon Valley. 19-21
• Jim Hanley of HP Asia Pacific workstation group collects carvings from New Guinea. 23-24
• HP’s views on changing and adapting; five “C’s” of change-adept professionals: confidence, challenge, coping, counterbalance, creativity. 25-26
• John Young discusses progress of reorganization plan. 27-28
• HP awards of 1990 listed. 30
• Year-end net revenue up 6 percent, net earnings down 18. 30
• HP Labs engineer and 15 other women set Guiness record for biggest sky diving stack of women. 32

March-April 1991 HP Flexes its Training Muscle

• HP revamps and consolidates its training programs. 2-7
• Lew Platt, manager of the new computer Systems Organization discusses CSO goals; long-term goals focus on open systems, client/server environment; short-term goals to improve profitability, eliminate redundancy. 8-12
• HP’s NewWave office used by Britain’s Prince Edward at the Theatre Division Ltd. 13
• HP computers and peripherals used at Australia’s Argyle Diamond Mines. 14-17
• HP South Queensferry, Scotland, celebrates 25th anniversary. 18-21
• HP’s Donna Yeager named Disabled Person of the Year; other disabled employees featured. (diversity) 22-25
• John Young discusses commitment to R&D, time to market, break even time (BET). 27-28
• Information systems ROUTS, COMSYS replaced by BatchNet. 29
• Canadian Airlines International (CAIL) purchases 81 HP Vectras for computer-based training. 29
• HP Malaysia team honored for reducing defects in optoelectroinic lamps. 30
• Executive Committee created in 1974, HP’s primary policy-setting body, eliminated. 30
• New products include five business computer systems and servers. 31
• Vectras used in Helsinki, Finland, for analyzing the genetic traits of dairy cows. 32

May-June 1991 What Scares Sun, DEC and IBM?

• “Snakes” program is HP’s Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstation family to compete with other RISC workstation manufacturers. 3-8
• Dick Hackborn, executive vice president of Computer Products Organization, with HP 31 years and led laserjet printer business to top of market. 9-13
• HP employee, Claudia Davis, adopts Romanian child. 14-18
• YHP is key business partner of ORIX Rentec, Tokyo, largest equipment rental company in world. 21-23
• HP instrument steers Nissan racing cars. 24-26
• Dean Morton, chief operating officer, discusses progress of Quality Maturity System (QMS). 27-28
• Soldier uses HP-41C in Desert Storm. 29
• HP credit union sends Valentines to soldiers in Persian Gulf. 29
• Michael McGuire, MTS, HP Lab’s Printing Technology department book “An Eye For Fractals.” 29
• HP gives grants to UCLA for IC lab and computing resource center to Oregon State Univ. 30
• MPG, Medical Products Group, Andover and Waltham Mass., celebrate Black History Month. (diversity) 31
• Cultural and ethnic diversity celebration at HP San Jose, Calif. 32

July-August 1991 Brainstorming in Corvallis

• Open systems cooperative computing, NewWave software, is success with customers. 3-7
• HP’s efforts to protect environment and conserve/recycle are explained. 8-12
• HP Labs scientist, Jeanne Wiseman, recognized by 1991 HP Technical Women’s Conference for scientific contributions and community leadership. (women) 13-14
• Hewlett’s hobby is wildflower photography. 15-17
• Bill Wickes, Corvallis, is “father” of HP’s best-selling scientific calculators. 18-20
• HP-95LX palmtop computer is giant step for technology. 21-22
• Dick Alberding, executive vice president, retires after 33 years; as head of Marketing and International Sector, he helped put “global” in HP lexicon. 24-26
• John Young discusses managing practices and open door policy. 27-28
• HP gets awards from Spain and China. 29
• HP opens subsidiary in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 29
• HP Canada’s grants advanced computing lab to school for blind. 30
• HP sponsors cooperative study program with Univ. of Cincinnati to design chromatography lab of future. 31
• Customer’s cat gets tail caught in HP laserjet printer. 32

September-October 1991 Medical Marvels of Monitor Moppets

• HP’s launched its 2116A computer 25 years ago; now computer products are two-thirds of company’s revenue. 3-6
• Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP) comprised of 11 CEOs of top companies; they meet in Washington, DC, to discuss public-policy issues of industry-wide concern. 7
• New acquisitions and joint ventures include Idacom Telecom Division, Edmonton, Alberta Canada; HP & Controll Kft.; AOT Applied Optoelectronic Technology Operation; Edisa Informatica SA; HP Thailand Ltd., Bangkok; HP Ceskoslovensko spol.s.r.o.; HP Portugal S.A., Lisbon; Haupu Information Technology; HCL Hewlett-Packard Ltd.; Hewlett-Packard Polska; Intelligent Network Communication; Apollo Systems Division; Bergamo, Italy Hardcopy Operation; Quingdao Zhonghui Medical Products Ltd; India Manufacturing Operation; Hewlett-Packard Bilgisayar Ve Olcum Sistemleri. 8-11
• HP’s new elder care benefit introduced. 12-15
• Lucile Packard led planning for new Stanford children’s hospital. 16-19
• HP sponsor 24 professors to help earn Ph.D.s. 20-21
• HP uses relative ranking process to gauge employee performance. 22-23
• HP employee helps train dogs to help disabled: Canine Companions for Independence. 24-27
• John Young discusses HP Mexico 25-year success story. 29
• HP signs agreement with Moscow company, which will market and manufacture HP products. 30
• Four U.S. sales regions and Canadian sales region combine. 31

November-December 1991 The New Germany

• Fall of Berlin Wall and German reunification brings HP new opportunities. 3-7
• HP’s network of libraries are modern electronic information centers staff with trained consultants. 8-10
• John Doyle, executive vice-president and employee from 1956-1991, is Management by Walking Around (MBWA) originator in 1967. 12-14
• COLOS (conceptual learning of science project) software written by Zvonko Fazarinc uses computers to teach complex scientific principles in easy to understand ways. 15
• Federal Express uses HP Apollo 9000 computers to develop new FedEx system to monitor flight and truck planning, crew management, weather, maintenance. 16-19
• Buenaventura “Benny” Garcia, Spain, is competitive swimmer. 20-23
• John Young discusses changes that made 1991 tough year. 24-25
• Charles Babbage calculator rebuilt. 26
• HP equipment appears in movie “Terminator 2: Judgement Day.” 27
• HP Exeter Computer Manufacturing Operation (ECMO), Exeter, N.H., first to earn International Standards Organization (ISO) certification. 27
• Third-quarter net revenue up 8 percent, earnings up 20. 28
• “Real Life” advertising campaign features HP products used in every-day situations. 29
• New products in 1991 include HP 75000 model D20, HP FAX 300, HP SONOS 1500 echocardiography system, HP 8504A precision reflectometer, HP systems and servers, HP OpenView software, HP DeskJet 500J Japanese language printer, HP SCSI-2 disk drives, HP ORCA chemical analysis robot, HP RTAP 5.1 industrial automation enabler, HP DeskWriter C printer laser quality color printing, HP ScanJet IIc printer scanner. 30-31

January-February 1990 HP Gear Keeps Ferrari on Track

• HP manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico had 50 percent growth in shipments for two years. 3-7
• Ferrari automobile test equipment includes HP 1000 computers and color terminals. 8-11
• October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in Bay Area; HP buildings in Palo Alto suffered severe structural damage; HP earthquake preparedness efforts are explained, including creation of emergency response teams (ERTs) at each site. 12-15
• Colorado Springs site is highlighted. 16-19
• Corporate Design Center efforts to make logo and corporate identity uniform. 20-22
• Nancy Zawistowski, graphics hardware designer, films vintage WWII air shows in spare time. 25-27
• John Young discusses future challenges: global growth, customer satisfaction, work force 1990s, changing markets, R&D. 28-30
• Test and Measurement Group in Geneva launches demobus tour to Greece, Turkey and Middle East. 30
• Fourth-quarter sales up 25 percent, earnings up 1. 30
• NSS, Network Systems Sector, changes. 30
• New group formed, ING, Information Networks Group. 30
• New board game includes HP. 31
• New sales entities include Far East Region, India, Thailand. 31
• CMD adds Exeter, N.H., Computer Manufacturing Operation; Livingston, Scotland, formerly Apollo. 31
• HP Labs establishes science center at U. of Pisa, Italy. 31
• Hewlett receives honorary degree from U. of Bologna, Italy. 32

March-April 1990 HP and the Environment: A User’s Guide

• HP’s redeployment program is explained: enhanced early retirement, downsizing, workforce reduction (layoffs); changes due to overstaffing. 3-7
• Berlin Wall torn down; political and social reform in Eastern Europe has implications for HP, Czechoslovakia; reforms bring new business opportunities. 8-11
• HP and the Environment: A User’s Guide; tips to prevent pollution and conserve resources. 13-20
• HP holds European Ski/Race Games in France. 21-23
• Joe Oliverio, engineer, is a performing magician. 24-26
• John Young discusses environmental challenges for HP; managing human resources and workforce balancing. 27
• Fortune rates HP number one in computer category in annual corporate reputation survey. 28
• Rand Kruback, HP illustrator, creates cartoons about computer-related subjects. 29
• First-quarter sales up 17 percent, earnings down 2. 29
• HP named number one “most generous corporation” by Public Management Institute. 30
• 48SX is first calculator to interface with PCs. 31
• HP’s environmental considerations in buildings. 32

May-June 1990 Europe 1992: A Time for Flag-Waving

• Wildlife forensics lab uses HP analytical equipment to fight international trade in endangered species; crime labs recommended HP instruments such as gas chromatographs and mass spectrometers. 3-7
• NewWave software is HP’s version of “cooperative” computing based on open systems. 8-11
• HP Vectra computer used by National Car Rental for Smart Key system. 12
• HP opportunities with formation of united European Common Market in 1992. 13-20
• Packard founded Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, MBARI, in 1987 to foster marine research. 21-23
• Ann Johannessen trains hospital personnel in use of HP medical equipment. 24-25
• John Young discusses open system software, NewWave. 29
• USSR students visit HP Geneva as part of Glasnost program. 30
• HP Labs establishes research lab in Tokyo. 30
• Apollo Scotland merges with South Queensferry. 30
• HP ranked 33 by Fortune, 49 by Forbes. 31
• HP’s visual user environment (VUE) icons make UNIX easier to use. 31
• HP’s brightest LEDs used in taillights of Lincoln Continental. 32

July-August 1990 Biosphere II: Living Inside a Terrarium

• Success in Latin America region marked by doubled sales in last two years; Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina have enormous market potential. 3-7
• Use of voice mail enhances productivity. 9-10
• INTEREX (interchange and exchange of information), HP’s international users group; HP computer fan club. 11-13
• Biosphere II, in Oracle, Ariz., is two-year experiment in closed structure where researchers will study ecological systems; HP designed “nerve system” of computers, sensors, analytical and medical instruments to control and store data. 14-18
• Mark Johnson, HP mechanical engineer, teaches high school physics in Spokane, Wash. 19-21
• Esso Resources, Calgary, Canada, uses HP 48000 remote terminal, 3852 data acquisition system and 319 host computer to searches for gas, oil on Ice Island northeast of Alaska. 22-25
• John Young discusses customer satisfaction; surveys show improvement. 28
• HP Thailand holds grand opening ceremony, blessed by monk. 30
• HP Barcelona, Spain, ships first product. 30
• Second-quarter orders up 16 percent, earnings down 8. 30
• HP bicycle company exhibit at the Smithsonian; HP contributed $500,000 in support. 31
• HP and Actel to develop field-programmable gate arrays. 31

September-October 1990 HP and Education

• HP’s commitment to education throughout company’s history; new efforts include model K-12 program and university affairs program, in addition to scholarships, donations of equipment and cash, volunteer efforts, summer internships. 3-11
• Sales reps reunion brings together 10 of HP’s original reps. 12-13
• HP donates cash and equipment to Idaho bicycle race. 16-18
• HP’s human factors engineering addresses repetitive strain injuries (RSI). 20-21
• Jean-Francois Porret, HP Grenoble, France, is mountain climber. 24-26
• John Young discusses HP’s commitment to education. 27-28
• HP ICs and computer-generated drawings at Museum of Modern Art in New York. 29
• HP equipment used to train and employ people with spinal cord injuries. 29
• HP 9000 used on Australian icebreaker. 29
• Intercon restructures with new Asia Pacific organization and new Americas group. 30
• Open Systems Software Division formed to address HP-UX operating system. 30
• HP hosts Junior Achievement event. 30
• HP Canada acquires Idacom Electronics Ltd. 30
• New products include HP 3000, 9000 series 400, Pagewriter ECG. 31
• HP engineer plays organ at Stanford Theater. 32

November-December 1990 Tuning in to the Right Channel

• HP’s relationship with dealer sales channels accounts for a quarter of worldwide sales. 3-7
• Telephone-activated Benefits System (TABS) lets employees monitor benefits via the phone 24 hours/day. 8-9
• HP and Petite Ltd., one of England’s leading toy manufacturers, join forces to make typewriter; HP’s inkjet technology used. 10-12
• HP’s history of corporate philanthropy begins when Lucile Packard donates $5; HP ranks as one of most generous U.S. companies. 13-17
• Al Minter, sales, writes book on blacks working for predominantly white companies. (diversity) 19-21
• 10X program strives to reduce failure rates of HP products by 10 times. 22
• 1990 organization chart. 23-25
• John Young discusses organizational changes and restructuring. 26-27
• HP equipment used in Biosphere 2; eight biosphere researchers picked. 28
• HP 9000 model 375 aids in automated fingerprint-identification system. 28
• HP donates patient monitors to Romanian hospital. 29
• HP 9000 workstation helps students design car. 30
• Third-quarter orders up 9 percent, earnings down 5. 31
• New products include Apollo workstation 9000, HP SNA, HP 8751A network analyzer. 31

January-February 1989 50th Anniversary Year

• Measure captures photographs of typical day in the lives of HP people around the world. 2-45
• Challenges of showing diversity of HP in “One Day” project. 46-48
• John Young reveals what makes him most proud of HP people: mutual respect, open to change, technically excellent, creative risk-takers, committed, unpretentious. 49
• HP has largest team in first world corporate games. 50
• Pope John Paul II blesses HP 565MS cardiac data management system during visit to Rome hospital. 51
• HP loans 70 systems to International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meeting. 51
• New products include 10B, 20S calculator, 9000 340 workstation. 51

March-April 1989 Fifty Years of Looking to the Future

• Thinking globally at HP means considering diverse needs of worldwide customers up front; YHP sells more workstations than any other region operation—localizing to support Asian languages. 3-7
• Retrospective of HP’s first 50 years, by decade. 9-24
• Egon Loebner, pioneer in optoelectronics, holds 40 patents. 25-27
• John Young says challenges of future include changing technology and importance of international market. 28
• HP donates time/instruments to Armenian earthquake aid. 29
• YHP to build second plant in Kobe. 30
• Corvallis breaks ground for new production facility. 31
• 50th anniversary calculators available to employees. 31
• HP lists on European Stock Exchange. 31
• New products include 64000-UX emulator/analyzer, 78352A patient monitor, 5921A atomic emission detector, 9000 340 srx workstation, ScanJet. 31
• 50th anniversary flag raised at headquarters in Palo Alto. 32

May-June 1989 Break Even Time (BET)

• Break even time (BET) is time it takes to recover money spent to bring new product to market; BET effective measure because it takes into account all major functional areas: R&D, manufacturing and marketing. 3-7
• 50th anniversary list highlight noteworthy events, for example, 10 famous people who visited HP, 10 noteworthy HP grants. 8-11
• Cargo plane crashes; Canadian Aviation Safety Board uses HP computers as investigative tools. 12-15
• Harry Margolis, founder and chairman of CompuTrac, uses HP equipment to monitor his home. 16-19
• Corporate security program offers tips for employees to deal with sensitive company information. 20-21
• HP’s Personal Computer Distribution Operation (PCDO) ships more than 2.5 million pieces/year. 22-24
• John Young discusses profitability and need to strike balance between profits and growth. 26-27
• First-quarter sales up 21 percent. 29
• HP to sell subsidiary in South Africa because of business conditions and failure of government to end apartheid. (diversity) 29
• HP Labs establishes science centers at three universities. 29
• HP transmits training class via satellite to 10 HP locations in Europe. 30
• HP 82000 IC tester wins Japan’s Nikkei Award. 30
• New products include 8791 frequency signal simulator, graphics controller, CLP PLUS software. 31
• Employee’s photo entry displayed in Disney Pavilion. 32

July-August 1989 YHP Sets a Fast Pace in Japan

• Success of YHP includes top HP sales region outside U.S., compound growth rate 22 percent, world leader in component-measurement product line; plans to triple manufacturing capacity. 3-10
• HP manufacturing sites cut wastewater by factor of 40. 11
• HP anniversary ambassadors chosen by peers to attend 50th anniversary celebration in Palo Alto. 12-17
• Hewlett and Packard’s garage landmark dedication. 18-19
• Measure solicits employees’ visions of future for upcoming article. 20
• John Young discusses values of the HP Way. 21
• Corporate objectives. 22-25
• HP catalog translated into German. 29
• YHP and Nissan co-sponsor race car. 29
• HP lists on European Stock Exchange. 30
• HP 9000 computer used at Trump casino in Atlantic City. 31
• HP employees create gourmet candy business. 32

September-October 1989 Mickey Mouse Way to Start a Company

• Worldwide customer support operations offers 24-hour, 365-day service; 15,000 customer support people in 400 support offices worldwide. 3-7
• HP’s first instrument, the 200B oscillator, used in Disney film, “Fantasia”; 10 fun “Fantasia” facts. 8-11
• Corporate strategic alliances and joint ventures focus on teamwork; some HP partners include AT&T, Hitachi, Eon, Biotechnology research and development, Matsushita, 3COM, RACE, Varian, Open Software Foundation OSF, UNIX, Telecom, U.S. Memories Inc., Tsinghua University. 12-15
• Blind systems administrator, Earl Norwood, credits HP for giving him a chance. (diversity) 16-18
• Steve Martin, comedian, uses HP computer. 19
• Apollo Computer and HP partner. 22-24
• John Young discusses collaboration, alliances and joint ventures. 25
• HP Vectra PCs appear in movies “Ghostbusters II” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” 26
• John Young receives honorary degree from Oregon State University. 26
• IEEE gives HP-35 Innovation Recognition award. 27
• 50th anniversary celebrations around the world. 29-31
• U.S. vice president Dan Quayle visits HP. 32

November-December 1989 An Amazing Look into HP’s Future

• Future of corporate computing environment (CCE) is interconnected, easy-to-use computers; everyone would use computers daily; consumers could choose components regardless of manufacturer. 3-5
• Test and measurement will play instrumental role in future; good instruments key to increasing productivity. 6-7
• HP will be driving force in future of medical and component products; linking diverse computer systems. 8
• Factory of the future focuses on work teams; teams make decisions and eliminate one layer of supervision. 7-12
• Celebrities view the future: Dan Rather, Steve Martin, Arthur C. Clarke, etc. 13-16
• HP execs view the future; preparing for future is matter of positioning; superconductivity is next industrial revolution; more intuitive interfaces tailored to special usage; expanding global markets. 17-18
• Employees views of the future include non-petroleum power, booming health care industry, ozone generators to slow green house effect, genetically engineered food, telecommuting, manufacturing automated with robots. 19-22
• HP sales rep, Pete Cage, is auto racer. 24-26
• John Young says cooperation is key to HP’s future. 27
• Former HP employee worked on Voyager 2 space mission; HP measuring equipment used. 28
• HP wins International Design magazine design award for software. 28
• New products include 9000 635 sv, 9000 808s, 75000 VXIbus, 3000 960, Apollo 2500, LaserJet IIP, 700/X window system. 30
• Spokane employees put signal generator and 50th anniversary flag atop Mt Rainier. 32

January-February 1988 Made in Roseville

• HP’s Roseville, Calif., Terminals Division is part of new manufacturing “Frontier” in America –- “the Detroit of the West”; challenges of the division include total redesign of computer terminal architecture. 3-7
• HP exhibits at Telecom reach international customers; extensive seminars and demonstrations at HP’s headquarters in Geneva. 8-9
• HP ingenuity helps disabled students learn drafting techniques. 10-11
• HP 3000 computer used in enhanced 911 emergency lifeline. 12-13
• Margaret Tinsley, HP employee, was lead plaintiff (on behalf of her children) in Palo Alto school desegregation case, 1976; case settled out of court in 1986. (diversity) 14-16
• John Young discusses “Take the Offensive” campaign, focus on customers, markets and winning. 18
• Computer version of “Go” (Wei-Sh’I) game, an ancient Chinese board game. 19
• Stevie Wonder uses HP 64000 workstation. 19

March-April 1988 Changing Shape of HP Divisions

• HP division structure is explained and differentiated from sectors, groups, business units, operations, entities, and regions. 3-7
• Employees recovering from drug abuse and HP’s personnel policies on illegal drugs at work; tips on how to detect abuse and what supervisors can do to help. 8-10
• HP Taiwan subsidiary grew 30 percent; success due to understanding importance to succeed in a country only recognized officially by 22 nations. 12-15
• Jim Carbone, engineer, uses computer and compassions to help athlete with diabetes. 16-18
• Bill Terry, executive vice president of measurement systems, emphasizes need for teamwork. 19
• Employee wins California Sate Lottery; says he won’t quit job at HP. 20
• Cartoonist Russell Myers uses HP in “Broom Hilda” comic strip, which mentions rising HP stock. 19
• HP donates $14,000 to World Wildlife Fund (WWF). 21
• Walt Disney World uses HP-85 desktop computers to weigh currency. 22
• Employees with over 20 years of service receive 10 extra shares of HP stock. 23
• Encyclopedia Britannica uses HP in film on improving quality. 23
• HP stock is mentioned in the movie, “Wall Street.” 24

May-June 1988 HP Aviation Takes Off

• Balancing the workforce when flattening economy resulted in glut of employees; balancing included voluntary severance incentive, relocation, retraining; Measure interviews employees who participated. 3-7
• HP employee makes holograms as hobby. 8-10
• HP aviation has new hanger at San Jose airport to house seven company aircraft. 12-15
• Improved process for pricing HP products overseas takes into account fluctuating exchange rates, local tariffs, transportation costs. 16-17
• John Young reflects on his 10 years as CEO. 18
• Packard and Hewlett visit Atlanta sales office while in Georgia to be inducted into U.S. Business Hall of Fame. 19
• HP engineer wears ambulatory 43400B ECG to top of Mt. Kilamanjaro. 19
• Vince Yaras, HP’s first sales rep in New England, dies after 33 years at HP; library named after him at Burlington, Mass., sales office. 20
• Spokane honored by Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC). 20
• Steve Duer produces Test and Measurement Catalog. 21
• HP has six products in Fortune “best products.” 21
• HP-71B handheld computer used by America’s Cup skipper Dennis Connor. 22
• HP 3000, 9000 computer models introduced. 22
• HP ranks second (after IBM) for corporate philanthropy. 23
• HP 150, 3000 computers replace card catalogs in Sunnyvale library. 23
• HP assists students in bridge building contest for Northern California Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Day. 24

July-August 1988 Poised for Action: HP and the Olympics

• Advances in modes of communication at work: e-mail, electronic messaging, voice mail, Confer (computer teleconference), HPDesk. 3-7
• Zvonko Fazarinc, former Yugoslav refugee, is HP authority on computer graphics to explain science. 8-10
• Open Software Foundation (OSF) established by major computer companies to develop standard software for customers. 12
• Organization chart (insert).
• HP 5890 gas chromatograph used in Olympic drug testing. 13-15
• Past HP Olympians featured. 16-18
• HP holds lectures and lab training for China Hewlett-Packard employees in Beijing. 19
• John Young discusses board’s Asia-Pacific trip. 20
• HP is official partner of several sports associations. 21
• Tokyo Stock Exchange lists HP; first time HP on non-U.S. exchange. 21
• HP partners with Foothill College to use its sports facilities. 21
• HP attends World Expo in Brisbane, Australia. 22
• HP and Northern Teleco form strategic alliance to provide corporate networking systems. 23
• New products include OSI, 35660A analyzer, 54501A oscilloscope, 4284A LCR meter, 22S, 32S calculators, CAE, CAD. 23
• HP Olympic hopeful, Peggy Pollock, shot putter. 24

September-October 1988 Coming to Grips with Child Care in the ‘80s

• Childcare issues strain working parents; task force says flexible work hours/time off is small but significant start; HP policies include salary reimbursement account for dependent care, part-time employment, child-care coordinator. 3-7
• One-fourth of HP’s engineering professionals are women; first HP technical women’s conference to be held. (women, diversity) 8-10
• Profit-sharing formula explained. 11
• Pat Hunt, waste treatment and emissions engineer, describes HP’s waste treatment program. 12-14
• HP’s Political Action Committee (PAC) supports candidates who support high-tech electronics industry. 15-17
• John Young discusses ongoing strategic issues. 18-19
• Swiss Bureau of Standards picks HP’s 5528A time measurement laser system. 21
• HP receives awards from GTE Telephone Operations. 22
• New products include 9000 workstation, CD ROM RETRIEVE, 5364A microwave mixer, 5371A frequency and time interval analyzer, 4284A, 64700. 23

November-December 1988 Would You Buy a Used Computer from these People?

• Finance and Remarketing Division sells refurbished computers and other equipment worldwide. 3-6
• Peripherals Group, Boise, Idaho, has best year ever due to LaserJet, DeskJet and other printers, and proprietary inkjet technology. 7-11
• Employee, Karen Abbott, donates time, computer expertise to Camp Ronald McDonald for kids with cancer. 12-15
• Special company store insert.
• HP’s flex-force program hires temporary employees to supplement work force as needed. 16-17
• John Young discusses challenges of commercializing technology into products that return profit. 20
• HP’s SEED student work program attendees meet Packard and Hewlett. 21
• HP products win three consumer awards (most of any company) in Financial World magazine contest. 21
• HP-12C calculator survives being run over. 22
• HP 9000 workstations used in America’s Cup race. 23
• New products include 14B, 42S RPN calculator, 5528 laser measurement system, Vectra QS/16, 3065 board test system. 23
• HP employee has pink Cadillac in his limousine business. 24

January-February 1987 Fitting the Pieces Together

• HP consolidates manufacturing facilities, combines the manufacturing of the Roseville Networks and Office Systems divisions. 3 6
• “Rows and columns” concept of how divisions make plans and how their performance is measured; six major rows, or businesses, and columns represent resources available from HP entities. 7
• Hong Kong’s return to People’s Republic of China in 1997 might affect HP operations in Hong Kong by exodus of professionals leaving the country. 12 13
• HP grants medical donates equipment to Moorehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, the first predominantly black medical school. HP philanthropic programs described. 14 17
• Packard Foundation, overview of interests and support. 16
• Hewlett Foundation, incorporated in 1966, discusses foundations interests. 17
• John Young discusses promising year ahead. 18
• First shipment of Spectrum program systems HP 9000 Model 840; shipment celebrated with fanfare. 19
• HP sponsors international womens tennis tournament in Netherlands. (women)19
• Artist uses HP 7475 color plotter to plot HP stock, calls it art. 20
• HP 7585 plotter used in Disney film, “Flight of the Navigator.” 21
• Winners of HP Information Technology Group United Way raffle are served lunch by Joel Birnbaum, vice president and general manager of ITG. 22
• Don Riccomini and Phil Rosenzweig write book about management style, “Unexpected Japan.” 23

March-April 1987 This Research is Heady Stuff

• HP instruments used by Los Alamos National Laboratory for magnetoencephalography—-measuring magnetic fields in brain activity: HP 9000 Series 500 Models 520 and 550, Touchscreen PCs, plotters, disc drives, graphic systems. 3 5
• Joint venture between HP and Samsung in Seoul, Korea, in Sept. 1984; general manager, George Cobbe; guidelines for doing business in Korea. 6 9
• Why HP spends $150 million a year on business travel; best way to get job done: see customer site, resolve complex computer system problems, recruit talent; controlling travel costs; Ed Hogan corporate travel manager. 10 11
• Linus Pauling uses HP-15C calculator. 15
• John Young discusses 10 business strategies for 1987. 18-19
• Defect detection and tracking (DDT) system for tracking information about part, process and design defect for products, assemblies, components and processes. 20
• “Star Trek IV” movie filmed at Monterey Bay Aquarium; exhibit features artifacts from Paramount and Lucas Film’s Industrial Light and Magic. 21
• HP-Canon partnership; Canon System 3000 fully compatible with HP 3000 family; Doug Chance, senior vice president of Business Systems honored. 21
• First President’s Club meets in Monterey, Calif. 21
• New products: HP DraftMaster family of three new plotters replaces 758X line; HP LaserJet 2000 printer, HP ScanJet scanner is HP’s first desktop scanner, transportable HP 8328A transmission-line test system, new X Window software package HP82320A for HP9000 Series 300 computers, HP8180S IC design-verification system, HP8780A vector signal generator. 22

May-June 1987 The Goal? Visibility for HP through Sports

• Various HP divisions/locations relate what they are doing to stay competitive, especially customer satisfaction; prominent programs. 3-6
• HP sports marketing efforts: Tour de France, statistics and scoring, tennis, test and measurement; provides drug-testing equipment and support to international competitions. 8-11
• Three new directors on HP board: David Woodley Packard, Walter Barry Hewlett, Donald Petersen; seven major responsibilities of board explained. 15-18
• John Doyle, executive vice president, on open-door policy; policy leads to trust, and trust has practical, economic value by increasing efficiency. 19
• Corvallis employee helps disabled Texas Tech student with hardware solution; HP-71. 20
• Hong Kong horse race betting uses HP equipment; HP4971S LAN protocol analyzer. 20
• Don Hammond and Len Cutler elected to National Academy of Engineering. 21
• HP 9480 analog LSI test system is HP’s most expensive product. 21
• HP 9000 Model 330 replaces 320. 23
• HP 5890A gas chromatograph coupled with HP 7673A auto sampler to test wine in Milan, Italy, for methanol. 23
• HP Touchscreen 150 PC used for occupational therapy. 24

July-August 1987 Where in the World Are We?

• Networking, Information Networks Group (ING), general manager Wim Roelandts explains complex technology of networking; HP sorts string of network-related products into solutions to fill customers’ specific needs: networks for sales and service, the business office, engineering and manufacturing, company-wide network. 3-6
• Tom Saponas White House Fellow, Department of the Navy, R&D manager, Colorado Springs. 8-11
• HP meteoric rise as a multinational organization has its roots in the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which created the European Common Market unrestricted by tariffs; in 1987, HP international orders exceed domestic; HP has manufacturing operations in 16 countries and sales offices or distribution in 78 countries. 12-14
• Procter and Gamble works with HP’s Clark Wallace and Tim Acree to develop computer systems that track success of P&G’s consumer marketing efforts; use HP 2392 display terminals with HP 1000 and 30000 computers. 15-17
• Parts, reducing the number, simplifying; company urges to reduce parts in each product to simplify assembly process. 18-19
• John Young says Spectrum computer program has met its goals and have begun to see payoff; just shipped HP 9000 model 840. 20
• HP Denmark’s HP museum of old products; model 50 electrocardiograph. 21
• Industrial touch keyboard HP 3082A useful in broad range of industries. 22
• Queen’s Award, Britain’s highest business accolade, to HP Ltd. for demonstrating significant and determined efforts to improve export performance. 22
• HP 3000 to Pepsi Cola is 30,000th sold; Pepsi to use it to manage vending machine distribution. 22
• New portable analyzer, HP 4972A; HP8510B replaces 8510A network analyzer. 23
• Lucile Packard dies, tribute. 24

September-October 1987 A Portrait of HP Labs

• Ethics, honesty; HP Standards of Business Conduct; situations requiring ethical decisions are discussed; HP standards must override other considerations. 3-6
• New products: HP 28C calculator, HP 8562A portable microwave spectrum analyzers, PaintJet printer, aluminum gallium arsenide LEDs, HP 54111D digitizing oscilloscope, HP 16500A logic analysis system, HP 21362 transesophageal transducer, portable Vectra computer, desktop scanner, HP 8780A and HP 8980A vector generator and analyzer. 8-9
• HP Labs people, photo essay. 10-13
• HP’s university-industry relationships; HP Strategic Grants Program. 14-17
• John Young discusses importance of the company’s traditional instrument markets. 18
• McMinnville Division donates medical equipment to USSR exhibit: cardiograph and defibrillator. 19
• HP working with Washington State University to produce videos that demonstrate latest manufacturing automation and microwave electronics; videos used in classrooms. 20
• HP 1631D logic analyzer breaks computer code called Smarty Arti. 21
• Portable Vectra computers used at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) to store data about position of particles. 21
• Professor at Michigan State authors book, “Programming the HP-41C/CV/CX,” and designed college course around it. 21
• Public Relations Department news media survey shows HP is well known by significant percentage of media, overall impression favorable. 22
• Packard wins Vannevar Bush award of the National Science Board; HP5965A Fourier transform infrared detector received IR 100 award from “Research & Development” magazine. 22
• HP 3000 system used by San Francisco Symphony for database management. 23
• Singapore uses HP 5061B to synchronize all digital components of telecommunications switching complex. 23

November-December 1987 Blending Tradition with High Tech: Spain’s Tabacalera and HP

• HP factory in Barcelona, Spain, and push to sell HP solutions to big companies make it fastest-growing sales organization in Europe. 3-5
• HP repair center opens in Montreal, Canada, to repair radioactive detectors in HP gas chromatographs. 8
• Competitors identified—10,000 products in six markets, including products from IBM, Wang, Apple, Sun, Apollo, DEC, Prime, Teradyne, Data General, Tectronix, Advantest, Anritsu, Perkin-Elmer, Shimadzu, Varian, Siemens, Acuson, Westmark. 9-15
• John Young discusses goals for FY88, 10 strategic issues, quality. 16-17
• HP Vectra PC used by N.J. police department to pinpoint trends and identify possible suspects. 21
• HP Foundation funds calculator museum exhibit for Computer Museum in Boston. 23

January-February 1986 HP 1000s Fire Up to Save Lives

• HP hires full-time Washington lobbyist to influence legislative decisions impacting company’s worldwide operations. 3 6
• HP 1000s power Oakland Fire Department’s computer-aided dispatching system. 8 10
• HP’s commitment to operations in Italy; HP presence since 1964, introduced first computer to Italy in 1970s; HP in top 200 companies in Italy. 11 14
• HP proposing three measures at annual meeting to thwart unsolicited takeover: 1) fair price for all stockholders, 2) eliminate action by written consent, 3) authorize additional stock. 15
• John Young discusses health of world’s trading system. 18
• HP map, new software for HP 3000, transforms columns of numbers into map. 19
• Naval Observatory in Miami keeps time for DoD with HP cesium clocks. 20
• Product Support Division, Customer Service Training, install bugs in computer systems and make customers dismantle equipment for customer hardware training. 21
• Microwave Semiconductor Division introduces HBCS-7000 slot-reader family and bar-code wand. 22
• Updated organizational chart. 23

March-April 1986 Where Do Ideas Come From?

• Discussion about creativity and how HP provides a creative environment; excerpts from book by Roger von Oech–tips to inspire creativity. 3 7
• Spectrum family of computers introduced based on RISC (reduced-instruction-set computer) architecture and innovative HP design; breakthrough development from HP Labs. 10 11
• McMinnville Division, Oregon, began in 1973; part of the medical group: defibrillators, electrocardiogram analyzers, cardiographs, ECG management systems, x-ray systems. 12 15
• John Young discusses 1986 management meeting. 16
• Duke of Kent visits HP Labs’ Bristol Research Center. 19
• Pie chart of who owns HP. 19
• HP 8494-7 and 33320-3 families of attenuators improved, warranty doubled and life rating increased by factor of 10. 21
• HP Touchscreen PCs, 7585 and 7550 plotters, LaserJet printers used in yacht race in Portsmouth, England. 22
• New products: HP 8770S arbitrary wave form synthesizer system; HP 4971S LAN protocol analyzer; HP 97503B disc drive; HP 8753A vector network analyzer; SP 2567B dot-matrix printer. 22
• HP portable computer used in Volvo road rally. 23
• HP Portable computer used at EPI Center in Palo Alto to analyze building structures to determine effects of earthquake; has been used to inspect 5,000 buildings. 20

May-June 1986 HP Makes an Oil-Out Effort

• HP helps oil companies increase productivity; HP-75C handheld computer has custom-designed chip with software that helps interpret test results; HP 3000s help automate business. 3 6
• Pictorial tour of HP recreational facilities. 11-14
• HP hiring and promoting minorities; affirmative action and equal employment opportunity regulations (diversity); HP pilot program in southwest to win more Hispanic and American Indian hires. 15 17
• John Young explains effort to improve software quality. 18
• HP ranked second place engineering students want to work. 19
• HP Germany receives award for practicing excellent partnership between company, management and employees’ award based on HP’s profit-sharing plan and HP way. 19
• HP 1000 computer used on Southern Pacific’s train simulator. 19
• HP Touchscreen II and Painter software used in tennis poster. 20
• Shareholder’s reject proposal to prohibit sale or lease of HP products to government of South Africa. 20
• Organization chart changes; restructured Design Systems Group’s Workstation Business Unit. 20
• HP commissions artist Charles Ginnever to erect statue outside new Mountain View facility. 21
• Measure magazine wins two Gold Quill awards from International Association of Business Communicators. 22
• HP accepted as participant in European Economic Community’s RACE program to develop integrated communications networks for use in Europe. 22
• New products: LaserJet 500 PLUS printer expanded paper handling capacity; HP-GKS graphics library; HP 1046A programmable fluorescence detector. 22
• HP ThinkJet printer used in Emporium-Capwell department stores. 23
• HP donated three microcomputers, two Braille processors and a Braille printer to University of Stuttgart. 23

July-August 1986 Radical Change?

• HP discusses changes in work force and placing emphasis on people and long-term solutions, not quick fixes; offering early retirement, voluntary severance incentive, retraining. 3 6
• GM plant in Highland Park uses HP 1000 Series A600s in its 21-mile assembly line. 8 11
• Discussion of need for a software development process; emphasis on training, standards, using metrics and tools. 12 15
• John Young discusses change and how it affects the HP way in terms of profit and commitment to our people. 18
• HP sponsors World Cup soccer championships in Mexico; supplied analytical equipment for drug testing; equipped press headquarters with resuscitation systems and cardiographs. 19
• Scientist for Wildlife Conservation International uses HP 110 portable computer to study macaws in Peru. 20
• HP Vectra workstation introduced in Taipei, Taiwan; operates in Japanese, Korean, Chinese by flip of a switch. 23
• HP exhibit at World’s Expo ’86 in Vancouver. 24

September-October 1986 Artificial Intelligence: It’s Relatively New at HP

• AI (artificial intelligence) hot topic driven by money—sales should grow 43 percent/year; HP started in AI in 1980 at HP Labs; focus on expert systems, natural language and programming productivity; HP product “Photolithography Advisor” troubleshoots problems in integrated circuit fab shop; HP software engineering program presenting AI courses for employees. 3 6
• Carnation Farm’s Feline Research Center uses HP 3000 to analyze eating habits of 500 cats. 7 9
• Handicapped workers assemble cable management kits for HP. 10-13
• U.S. Field Operations is automating sales force to give sales reps more time to spend with customers, improve reps’ knowledge of PCs and increase job satisfaction. 15 17
• John Young discusses highlights and significance of Design Automation Conference; what set HP apart was integration—linking—of applications. 18
• Rolling Meadows Center initiates “Seven/Eleven” campaign to cut turnaround time of units returned for service. 19
• HP 9816, 7580 and 9000 used in Australian miniseries about America’s Cup. 21
• HP Vectra PC awarded to Irish students winning HP Ireland Award for most innovative project. 21
• HP member of X/OPEN Group, international organization of major computer-system suppliers. 22
• New products include HP DraftPro plotter (HP 7570), Office Talk voice communication product for Vectra PC, HP 4947A transmission-impairment measuring set, HP 3235A switch/test unit. 22
• Don Hammond returns to Calif. from Bristol, England, to become acting director of HP Labs. 23
• HP provides IRS with 18,000 HP ThinkJet printers. 23
• U.S. Windpower in Livermore, Calif., uses HP 1000s and 3000s. 24

November-December 1986 HP in China: Technology for Tomorrow

• HP’s two offices in Beijing, China, consolidating; HP in China since 1981 100 percent owned by government, now 50-50 joint venture; HP practices need to be explained in a local context. 3 7
• HP grant to NPR (National Public Radio); HP says there is strong need to increase literacy in science, engineering and medicine and NPR’s science reports have proven effective. 8 10
• Stanford Park Division sales manager, Bill Moore, talks about competitiveness—new “get tough” stance. 13
• 30th anniversary of Hewlett-Packard’s corporate objectives; revisions and minor changes to reflect changes in business over the years. 14 17
• John Young reflects on importance of HP internationally to the bottom line. 18
• Bristol Research Center focuses almost entirely on software. 19
• HP 80240A fetal ultrasound frees patient to move in 300-feet distance of receiver. 22
• HP presence in Brazil. 22
• HP’s first endowed chair, HP Professor of Manufacturing Metrology at Brunel University in West London. 22
• “Miami Vice” TV show uses HP gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in episode. 23
• HP Canada celebrates 25th anniversary. 23
• HP-71B handheld computer used by U.S. Forest Service to help firefighters predict fire danger. 24

January-February 1985 A Peek Inside the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium; Packard Family Foundation contributed $40 million over past eight years; largest aquarium in U.S.; HP people used as resources for advice on construction, audiovisual needs, security program; HP 3000 for standard business jobs, but emphasis on sea life, not technology; Packard designed machines to recreate effects of tides/waves. 3 6
HP in offices in Quebec and the initial challenge of doing business in both French and English; everyone in the office is bilingual; employees were provided French lessons at company’s expense. 7 9
HP’s first videoconferencing takes place at Cupertino site. 11
HP in Hong Kong; many doing business in Hong Kong as an economic springboard to the People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong concerned with discounts, fast startup, and saving face (by negotiating discounts and buying prestigious products); HP challenge is coming up with right solutions. 12 14
HP’s objectives from the 1950s compared with today; revised in 1981 to place emphasis on product quality, customer satisfaction, new product lines, safety and teamwork. 16 17
Business man in Alabama uses HP computers to design custom cross-stitch patterns. 18
Grateful Dead uses HP portable computer on the road to communicate with home base, write music; may use in future to create sounds and treated as another instrument. 18
HP computer used in Australian car race to record lap times, speed, distance. 19
HP 150 Touchscreen computer used in horse race, Swiss Driving Championship. 19
HP ships 500,000th HP 2392A terminal. 19
HP in Germany for 25 years; how its operation has evolved. 20-22
John Young evaluates operating results of FY84. 23
New products include HP JIT (Just in Time) software for HP 3000: HP 3562A dynamic signal analyzer; HEDS-7500 digital potentiometer; PageWriter cardiographs; HP 788354A neonatal monitor; HP 5988A gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer; HP 2566A and 2565A matrix line printers. 24

March-April 1985 How Women Manage at HP

Since equal opportunity legislation in 1964, HP made determined effort to recruit women; a small but growing number now hold executive-level positions; Shirley Hufstedler first woman on HP board of directors. (women, diversity) 3 7
HP Corporate Parts Center (CPC) in Mountain View, Calif.; stores more than 97,000 parts and ships virtually anywhere in the world. 8 9
Minnesota professors use portable HP computer to prepare database for lion research. 10
HP gets gold medal for HP 5890A gas chromatograph from Czechoslovak Socialist Republic’s fair. 10
ARCO Solar uses HP 2250 measurement and control processors and HP 1000 computers for solar power facility. 11
HP Touchscreen PCs featured in Digital Equipment Corp.’s Computer Museum in Boston. 11
Overhaul of organization chart; three officers retired and instead of replacing them, Executive Committee realigned various responsibilities and reporting relationships. 12-13
President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, chaired by John Young, recommends ways for U.S. industry to meet growing competition from foreign companies, both in the U.S. and international markets. 14
Night shift at HP featured; about 4,500 employees in U.S. work night shift. 16-19.
Measure magazine does reader survey. 20
Bob Boniface retires from HP after 42 years. 21
John Young describes 10 strategic issues for 1985. 22 23
HP places fifth in Fortune’s 1984 survey of 250 large U.S. companies. 24
HP grants universities $50 million of engineering workstations and software. 24
HP grants $5 million cash and equipment to new Harvard Medical School program. 24

May-June 1985 Coming on Strong: HP in the Communications Business

HP increases attention on marketing as a process and reorganizes and elevates role of marketing; marcom enrolls in SRI program using psychographics called “Values and Lifestyles” (VALS) to evaluate audiences. 3 7
HP 260 minicomputer sold almost exclusively to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who customize it with software for small business owners. 8 9
Open Line survey shows most HP employees feel positive about the company. 13 16
HP and communication business; with the breakup of AT&T there are new vendors and competition, and they in turn order HP test equipment; HP has own network. 14 17
John Young discusses business cycles; growth rate slowed mirroring industry trends. 18
Sunnyvale, Calif., creates Hazardous Response Unit and HP donates hazardous environment suits. 19
New products include TurboImage database management system; Access software; Integrap PC; HP 3055S software; HP 9000 Model 550; HP 7907A disc drive; HP 54200A/D logic analyzer. 19-20
Two new adult-patient monitors, HP 78353B and 78354A. 21Personal Software Division pitches 282 new software packages at New York’s Whitney Museum of Modern Art. 22
HP donates five-bed patient monitoring system to Navaho Monument Valley Hospital. 23
HP is 60th on Fortune magazines ranking of largest 500 companies. 23
HP donates desktop and handheld computer to San Diego Wild Animal Park to build database and analyze growth and behavior of condors and other captive birds. 24

July-August 1985 Working Together in a Country Divided: HP in South Africa

HP in South Africa; challenges of Black; at work they follow the HP way, outside they live under apartheid. (diversity) 3 7
Joel Birnbaum, vice president and director of HP Labs, sets high goals for R&D: “mission of technology is to improve society which it serves.” 8 11
Employees’ dress and how clothes reflect social, financial status, mood, etc. 12 15
John Young describes HP’s commitment to South Africa and cost control. 18
Interactive video is new technology for training. 19
HP-21 calculator is 10 years old. 19
HP provides computerized scoring for International Ice Dance Championships. 20
Introduction of central learning centers for HP customer engineers for training. 21
Signal Analysis Division winner of first U.S. Senate productivity award. 21

September-October 1985 Toxics: HP’s Battle to Keep the Environment Clean

HP addresses concerns about environment, industrial waste; actions taken to address issues: environmental audits, representatives to coordinate/share information, sharing best practices, staff to support and counsel divisions involved in local issues. 2 6
HP fleet of cars, about 8000, replaced yearly with new cars, which is cheaper; in 1983 agreement, Ford provides cars. 7
Yokogawa HP and rocket project; HP equipment widely used in NASDA—Japan’s NASA; satellite tracking network based on 22 HP 1000s. 11
HP facilities have employee garden plots. 12-15
John Young discusses emphasis on quality.
HP counting/analyzing European Basketball Championship using HP 3000 computer. 19
1959 product display photo; 204 then, 10,000 now. 19
UK annual report designed to show HP as creative company. 21
HP 85 computer monitors storage conditions for frozen fish industry in Canada. 21
HP 5510A laser transducer helps study changes in earth’s upper atmosphere in NASA experiment. 22
HP gas chromatograph used to sample blood of thoroughbred racehorses. 23
HP press conference in Moscow reported in Soviet newspaper. 24

November-December 1985 Personal Computers: What’s in the Cards?

Two years after HP introduces the 150 Touchscreen PC, HP released its IBM-compatible Vectra; outsider look at HP and the PC marketplace. 3 5
HP introduces VideoMagazine, an employee video program to complement existing print communications. 10 11
HP de Mexico helping to brighten Mexico’s economic picture; in last two years, HP in Mexico has seen 121 percent growth, mostly from HP 3000 business computers; earthquake in Mexico leaves four employees homeless. 12 15
Economic slump in Vancouver Division affects HP; companywide cost-cutting measures including cuts in pay. 16 17
John Young discusses factors that had effect on electronics industry: competitors, slowdown in capital spending, decreased government purchases, value of U.S. dollar. 18
HP 1000 computer used on SCARAB (Submersible Craft Assisting Repair and Burial) to translate sound signals to calculate position of “black box” from crashed Air India jet. 19
HP Germany holds conference for members of parliament to demonstrate how technology and innovation can solve social and environmental problems. 19
HP equipment used in Tour de France. 20
Maestro database of HP equipment owners helps retrieve stolen HP PCs. 21
HP’s “What If” advertising campaign informs buyers of HP’s commitment to U.S. business market. 21
HP 1000s used in Australia to track and analyze data about animal diseases. 22
New products include HP LaserJet Plus printer, CareView, ColorPro pen plotter, 2603A daisywheel printer, 1040M diode-array detection system, DesignCenter Series, Logic DesignStation, Personal Logic DesignStation. 22
Prince Philippe of Belgium visits HP facilities on West Coast. 23
Dakin, stuffed animal manufacturer, uses HP 3000 Series 42 for inventory control. 24