Olivetti S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of computers, tablets, smartphones, printers and other business products such as calculators and fax machines. It is headquartered in Ivrea, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, and has been owned by TIM S.p.A. since 2003. The company is known for innovative product design, ranging from the 1950s Lettera 22 portable typewriter to some of the first commercial programmable desktop calculators, such as the 1964 Programma 101, and the pop-art inspired Valentine typewriter of 1969. Between 1954 and 2001 Italy's Association of Industrial Design awarded Olivetti products 16 Compasso d'Oro prizes.
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Operates In: Technology Industry, Infobox: industry
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Subsidiary Of: Telecom Italia S.p.A., Infobox: parent
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Founded By: Camillo Olivetti, Infobox: founder
Camillo Olivetti
In Group: Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals, Lead section
Olivetti S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of computers, tablets, smartphones, printers and other such business products as calculators and fax machines.
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He became the director of Olivetti in 1932, the year in which he launched the first portable typewriters called MP1 typewriters, and the president in 1938.
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