January 1979
- HP 40-year anniversary; Packard and Hewlett receive service awards. 2 3
- 1978 was very good year for new products, including the 1640A serial data analyzer, 1611A logic state analyzer, 3060A printed circuit board test system, 1742A and 1744A oscilloscopes, FET-based power supplies, 7225A and 7245A recorders/plotters, 5314 and 5315 frequency counters. 4-11
- Sidebar on manufacturing managers as a diverse group. 11
- HP receives award for best package design. 12
- Data Systems Division in Cupertino sets up tent for meetings-exhibits to study division’s new products. 13
- Profit sharing was $24 million for 1978. 14
- Rapid growth in Computer Systems Division leads to new construction in Cupertino, Sunnyvale. 14
- New HP office opens in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 14
- HP/MIT industrial liaison program gives HP access to MIT’s faculty, publications and research. 14
- John Young discusses vintage charts that show importance of new products. 15
February 1979 Reducing Energy Use
- Reducing energy use and conservation is emphasized. 2-5
- HP has energy-efficient buildings. 6
- Shareholder reporting. 8 11
- Buttner, board member, dies. 7
- Hewlett suffers heart attack. 7
- HP shareholders reports; investor-related communications;
- HP-Herman Miller profile open office environment. 12-13
- Technology Research Center of HP Labs restructured. 14
- 1980 Olympics to use HP equipment for drug testing. 14
- ADP orders are $25 million for HP 3000. 14
- Second Paris sales office opens. 14
- Quarterly dividend announced. 14
- College recruiting team featured. 14
- John Young discusses professional and college recruitment. (diversity) 15
- Special effects for “Buck Rogers,” Universal Studios movie assisted by HP 9845 computer and digitizer. 16
March 1979 Minding the HP Store
- Management meeting report. 2, 12-14
- John Young focuses on HP’s assets, growth, long-term planning. 4-8
- Packard discusses future of HP divisionalization, self-financing, being good citizens, law abiding. 7
- HP tax strategy explained. 4
- HP emphasizes quality. 5
- Paul Ely discusses Computer Group strategy. 4
- Worldwide manufacturing needs explained. 5
- Self-financing, return of net worth equal to sales growth. 11 Site centralization of some common functions. 13
- Managing factory fixed assets. 14
- First-quarter earnings. 15
- Blizzards and HP sites in Midwest and East. 16
April 1979 First-Line Supervisors
- First-line supervisors recruitment and job description. 2 6
- Supervisor training. 5
- Site selection, Loveland, Colo. 7 9
- Holding costs of intercompany mail. 11
- Minority students’ week; community service. (diversity) 12 13
- Roseville development. 14
- GSD moves. 14
- IEEE honors Charles Liechti of HP Labs for GaAs FETs. 14
- Former vice president of Merrill Lynch to direct investment of HP retirement funds. 14
- John Young discusses European management meeting. 15
- Horse trailer used to deliver computer system. 16
May 1979 HP Marathoners
- Dealing with HP as one company, field sales force. 2 5
- HP marathoners, athletics, health, individualism. 6 9
- HP aviation and the fleet of corporate jets. 10 11
- Survey results of Measure magazine. 12 13
- John Young discusses sales support and one-company image. 15
- North Carolina site option is near Raleigh. 14
- Fort Collins, Colo., division merged. 14
- Roseville plans for 500-acre site. 14
- Hong Kong subsidiary opens. 14
- Recruiting college seniors “draft” by divisions. 16
June 1979 The Profit-Sharing Tradition
- Profit sharing and replacing Christmas bonus, production bonus. 2 5
- Corporate historian, George Climo. 5
- Safety at HP — new hazards, OSHA, safety coordinators, environmental testing. 6-9
- HP Business conduct, business lunches, HP booklet “Standards of Business Conduct,” boycotts, price fixing, exclusives, espionage, dependent suppliers, bids, Foreign Practices Act. 10 11
- HP retirees club formed at Sanborn. 12 13
- Stock split, dividend increase, midyear results. 14
- New office opens in Taipei, Taiwan. 14
- Colorado Springs, Vancouver operations begun. 14
- John Young discusses first-half results, stock split, financing growth internally. 15
- HP scholarships awarded to 153 children of HP employees. 16
July 1979 HP Goes to China
- Road show to Beijing and doing business in China, including quotes from Lee Ting, Dean Morton, Bob Brunner. 2 9
- More women in HP engineering; Society of Women Engineers annual national conference in San Francisco. (women) 12 13
- Robotic rodent in micromouse maze contest sponsored by IEEE. 11
- HP European soccer match. 11
- HP NY sales in Penn Plaza – world’s highest density sales territory. 10
- Spokane startup of new manufacturing operations. 14
- New computer support division opens. 14
- New Intercontinental (ICON) headquarters in Palo Alto opens. 14
- New Corporate headquarters ground breaking begins. 14
- John Young discusses Far East trip, Yokogawa HP, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea. 15
- Giant 33E calculator made for promotional event. 16
August-September 1979 On Gossamer Wings
- Gossamer Albatross, first man-powered flight, crosses channel; used HP 9820 computer linked to 9862A plotter. 2 3
- 20 years in Europe; acquisitions; first manufacturing site outside Palo Alto; first product demo bus. 4 7
- Company confidentiality is stressed regarding new products. 8 9
- X-Ray art with HP Faxitron. 10 11
- China minister of finance visits Stanford Park. 12
- Hewlett-Packard street named in Germany. 13
- Migrating ducks visit HP Boeblingen, Germany. 13
- Swiss barn used for recreation at HPSA, European headquarters in Geneva. 13
- Greeley–Everett sites optioned for purchase by HP. 14
- Third-quarter results strong. 14
- HP-41C handheld calculator introduced. 14
- John Young discusses third-quarter results and Open Line employee survey. 15
- HP employment reaches 50,000. 16
October-November 1979 Special Report
- Improving productivity; HP’s philosophy of management by objective; people are biggest influence on productivity via collective decisions. 2 3
- Average productivity per employee; four elements of productivity listed. 4 5
- Managing innovation, contribution of computers. 6 8
- Methods improvement programs: Delcon, Stanford Park, San Diego. 9 11
- Organizing for productivity, learning/training/working together, quality control circles. 12 19
- HP sales solves problems for customers — the HP solution. 20 22
- John Young discusses productivity and business outlook. 23
- United Way donations encouraged. 16
December 1979 How HP Got Started
- HP celebrates 40-year anniversary; Packard and Fred Terman discuss how HP got started, including Disney purchase of first audio oscillators. 2 9
- New corporate headquarters; construction photo and discussion of earthquake-resistant design. 10 11
- RF analyzer wins award. 12
- UK-HP employee named Miss Wokingham Commerce. 12
- President of France, D’Estaing, visits HP Paris. 13
- Scottish good luck walk for bride. 13
- 1979 results best in company history. 14
- HP philanthropic foundation formed. 14
- HP Africa transferred from Intercontinental headquarters in Palo Alto to Geneva. 14
- John Young discusses yearly results; recaps four decades of growth. 15
- HP Belgium stages cabaret reviews for Christmas. 16
