January-February 1995 HP Teams Up with the Celtics
- HP launches ergonomics program to cut injuries in the workplace. 4-7
- HP joins forces with the Boston Celtics basketball team in a sports-marketing relationship. 8-10
- WCSO (Worldwide Customer Support Operations) launches new services spawned by migration to open systems, selective outsourcing, mission-critical support, asset management, service. (offshoring) 11-13
- Samsung Hewlett-Packard, Seoul, South Korea, had record-setting year despite changes in N. Korea. 14-17
- Why HP’s foreign-service employees (FSEs) give up comforts of home, take risks to work abroad; stories of John Toppel, Steve Paolini, Kanji Yamada, Nick Rossiter. 18-21
- Medical Products Group engineer Teddy Johnson experiments with seed germination in space. 22-23
- Ellen Harris writes about leaving Waltham, Mass., for the move to Andover, Penn. 24
- New employee purchase program plan, buying HP products at employee discount price. 25
- Lew Platt discusses improving customer satisfaction. 26-27
- Colorado Springs funds Smithsonian’s Hands-on-Minds-on Science series; experiment on pollination with bee-on-a-stick. 29
- Louis and Jo Joy publish “Frontline Teamwork.” 29
- InkJet Business Unit, Corvallis, has Kazoo Marching Band. 29
- HP helps fund Soda Hall, UC-Berkeley. 30
- Nurses attend first HP International Health Conference. 31
- HP Basic Research Institute in Mathematical Sciences (BRIMS) formed in Cambridge, UK. 31
- HP taking part in two Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) research efforts; Silicon Video to develop flat-panel displays; consortium led by the Integrated Circuit Business Division will create new packaging for attaching ICs to printed circuit boards. 31
- Medical Products Group and Ohmeda create alliance to develop, sell and service anesthesia delivery systems, patient monitoring systems and other products. 31
- Measurement Systems Organization signs agreement with Affymetic to jointly develop and market a DNA analysis system. 31
March-April 1995 Where Do I Go from Here?
- Where is your career headed — self-reliance, change, and work skills. 4-6
- HP diversity, affirmative action in Europe. 7-9
- Dave Packard book “The HP Way” published. 10-11
- International I.Q. quiz tests your global knowledge. 12-13
- Barcelona, Spain, division goes from 35 employees and one product in 1985 to 800 employees and 12 products now. 14-17
- The first all-women crew in America’s Cup race sponsored in part by HP. 18-19
- HP equipment used by Conservation International to help save rain forest. 20-21
- HP people in Kobe, Japan, describe the recent earthquake. 22-23
- Interview with James Collins co-author of “Built to Last – Successful Habits of Visionary Companies,” which includes HP. 24-25
- Lew Platt discusses employee continuing education. 27-28
- 1994 President’s Quality Award winners announced. 29
- Lew Platt is on cover of “Business Week.” 30
May-June 1995 A Touching Experience
- Customer support and the DeskJet paper-feed problem fix. 4-6
- Doug Carnahan head of Measurement Systems Organization (MSO) looks at new markets. 7-9
- Commercial Systems Division learns about customer focus after complaints about HP 3000 and plummeting orders. 10-13
- Monterey Bay Aquarium, with HP support, opened in 1984; Vectra PCs provide life-support system. 14-17
- Retired HP employees volunteer in the community. 18-20
- Lew Platt discusses elimination of site business reviews. 21
- HP engineer Ken Jessen writes books about strange fact in Colorado’s history. 22-23
- Stock split explanation and history. 24-25
- Product fair for HP employees and their families in Indianapolis. 28
- HP helps in G7 conference information technology demos. 28
- Packard and Hewlett win Lemelson/MIT Lifetime Achievement Award. 29
- Burrowing owls (federal and state protected species) live in Communications Components Division parking lot in Newark, Calif. 30
- Judge Lance Ito (of O.J. Simpson trial) sends LaserJet printer to HP for repair. 31
- HP announces joint ventures with Eastman Kodak, AT&T, NEC, Northern Telecom, Hitachi, Motorola. 31
- HP, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) sign cooperative research agreement. 31
July-August 1995 Northern Exposure
- HP 9000 and NetServer LM help link Nunamiut, Alaska, school children. 4-7
- HP’s No.1 current products and services rankings and ratings. 9-12
- Kobe, Japan, recovers after the January earthquake. 13-14
- Video Communications Division (VID) at National Association of Broadcasters annual meeting. 15-17
- HP adopts new internal communications software cc:Mail for OpenMail (replaces HPDesk). 18-19
- Grant Smith, HP program manager, crafts armor for Renaissance Faire. 20-22
- Interview with HP board member, Shirley Hufstedler, first woman on the board. (women) 24-25
- Lew Platt discusses monthly visits to HP Labs. 26-27
- Cathy Williams, APG program manager, carries school “travel mate.” 28
- HP Rockville, Md., hosts minority students at HP Day. (diversity) 29
- “HP Way” book signing at Stanford University Book Store. 29
- FBI in Oklahoma bombing investigation use HP calculators and palmtops. 29
- Asia Pacific Quality convention in Korea. 30
- HP manufacturing divisions in UK recognized with Queen’s Award for Export Achievement. 30
- Second-quarter revenue up 19 percent. 30
- Medical Products Group (MPG) in Andover, Mass., subsidizes Back-up Care Camp. 30
September-October 1995
- Employee self-reliance and continuing education is the key to promotion at HP; 10 tips for self-reliance. 4-9
- HP employees link students to the Internet, K-12 education. 8-9
- Rick Belluzzo heads HP’s new Computer Organization. 10-12
- HP marketing engineer questions HP customer satisfaction metrics. 13
- Palo Alto Fabrication Center closes; Redwood building first HP built and owned; sheet metal shop, cable fabrication operation, plastic molding businesses sold. 14-17
- Workforce diversity is a business imperative; employee minorities form employee network groups. 18-21
- Cathy Lipe teaches reading, grade-school literacy programs. 22-23
- David Price discusses woes of business travel. 24-25
- Lew Platt discusses being a global company. 27-28
- Artist Christo wraps Berlin’s Reichstag in silver fabric. 29
- HP employees in Switzerland gather for European Watersport Weekend near Geneva. 29
- Hewlett and Packard honored at Computerworld Smithsonian Awards program. 30
- HP Germany and Betz International found LGI Logistics Group International to handle logistic at Boblingen site. 30
- HP and Merix Corp. sign memorandum of understanding for Merix to buy certain assets of the Loveland (Colorado) printed circuit operation. 30
- Four Pi, HP’s wholly owned subsidiary, moving to Loveland. 30
- HP transferring 5965B infrared detector technology to Bio-Rad Inc.’s Digilab Division. 30
- HP in China for a decade. 31
- Analytical Products Group signs joint venture agreement with
- Shanghai Analytical Instrument Factory (SAIF). 31
- HP selects site at Barnhall, Leixlip, Ireland, to build inkjet cartridge plant. 31
- HP establishes wholly owned subsidiary in Bogata, Columbia. 31
November-December 1995 How Safe Are You at Work?
- HP Labs gets HP grant to fund 12 grass-roots research projects to make Labs the World’s Best Industrial Lab (WBIRL). 4-7
- HP launches corporate program to educate about workplace safety; statistics show violence number one cause of death on the job for women. 8-10
- HP Poland established 1991 and turns socialist country into capitalist success. 11-13
- HP dedicates Atlanta Business Center, the largest HP building. 14-17
- HP Australia Telecommunications Operation (ATO) helps country on information superhighway; develops test equipment for high-speed, broadband telecommunications networks. 18-20
- HP traveling museum of inkjet printing technology begins in Corvallis, Oregon. 21
- HP employees rejuvenate Houston-area affiliate of Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. 22-23
- New Measure feature “Ask Dr. Cyberspace” offers tips on surfing world wide web. 24
- Putting the HP Way to the test during closing of an operation; downsizing, relocation, VSI (voluntary severance incentive). 25-26
- Lew Platt discusses 1995 CEO “Hoshin” goals and business fundamentals. 28-29
- “Magellan,” HP futuristic video, uses 3D graphics to show how to beat competitors introduction. 30
- New Computer Systems Organization formed. 30
- HP acquires Convex Computer Corp. in Texas. 30
- China Hewlett-Packard supports Conference on Women. 31
- Communications Test Solutions Group formed. 31
- IPG (Inkjet Products Group) forms Asia Pacific Business Unit. 31
- HP, Novell, The Santa Cruz Operation alliance to deliver UNIX operating system. 31
