Year | Detail |
1939 |
Launched in a Palo Alto garage in 1939, Hewlett Packard was the original Silicon Valley startup. |
1947 |
HP is incorporated. |
1958 |
It acquired F. L. Moseley Company. |
1959 |
HP goes global, establishing a marketing organization in Geneva and a manufacturing plant in Boeblingen, Germany. |
1961 |
Through an acquisition of Sanborn Company, HP enters the medical field. |
1963 |
HP enters the Asian market by forming its first joint venture, Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard (YHP) in Tokyo. |
1981 |
HP moves into China. |
2001 |
HP creates HP Services to provide consulting, outsourcing, support and solutions deployment. |
2002 |
HP and Compaq merge. |
2005 |
HP acquires online photo service Snapfish. |
2005 |
HP acquires Scitex Vision. |
2008 |
HP acquires Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS). |
2009 |
HP acquires 3Com Corporation. |
2014 |
Hewlett-Packard company into two separate entities: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and HP Inc. |