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After graduating as electrical engineers from Stanford University, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard become close friends during a two-week camping trip.
2. June 1930
Bill and Dave begin part-time work in the rented garage with $538 (U.S.) in working capital, consisting of cash and a used drill press.
1. August 1938
Drawing on Bill’s study of negative feedback, Bill and Dave produce HP's first product, the resistance-capacitance audio oscillator, used to test sound equipment. They name it the HP Model 200A.
1. September 1938
Bill and Dave formalize their partnership on January 1. They flip a coin to decide the company's name. A year later HP moves from the garage to rented buildings in Palo Alto.
1. January 1939
Bill and Dave decide that all employees will share in HP’s success. They issue $5 (U.S.) Christmas bonuses and adopt production bonuses, laying the foundation for the company's profit-sharing program. HP records its first charitable donation: $5 (U...
1. February 1940
Construction begins on the first HP-owned building. Its open floor plan—designed for versatility—has the serendipitous effect of sparking creativity. HP establishes a pioneering health insurance plan for all employees.
1. November 1942
HP invents the 524A high-speed frequency counter, greatly reducing the time required to measure high frequencies. Frequency counters and related products will account for billions in future revenue for HP...
6. June 1951
HP produces its first oscilloscopes, which will go on to represent a significant part of HP’s test and measurement product line.
1. September 1956
HP begins manufacturing in its first building in the Stanford Industrial Park in Palo Alto. The new site is innovately designed to maximize employee creativity and comfort. HP introduces its corporate objectives to empower decentralized decision making..
1. March 1957
HP goes global, establishing a marketing organization in Switzerland and a manufacturing plant in Germany.
1. January 1959
HP enters the Asian market by forming its first joint venture, Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard (YHP) in Tokyo.
1. January 1963
HP introduces its first computer, the HP 2116A. The world’s first go-anywhere, do-anything computer, it is designed to withstand environmental extremes. HP Laboratories is opened, creating HP’s first centralized organization focused on exploring new...
1. July 1966
HP introduces the HP-35, the world’s first scientific hand-held calculator. Small enough to fit in a shirt pocket, it makes the slide rule obsolete. In 2000, Forbes ASAP names the HP-35 one of the “all time products” that changed the world...
1. January 1972
HP introduces the HP-01 wrist instrument, a combinnation digital wristwatch, calculator and personal calendar. It is one of the world’s first personal information devices. Bill retires as president but remains CEO. Dave remains chairman of the board...
1. September 1977
HP introduces its first personal computer, the HP-85. The unit had input/output modules that allowed it to control instruments, add on more powerful peripherals and even to talk to other computers. 1982 - HP introduces the HP 9000 technical computer...
1. July 1980
HP introduces thermal inkjet printing with the debut of the HP ThinkJet. It marks the success of HP Labs in miniaturizing inkjet technology to deliver superior quality, quieter operation and lower-power consumption over dot-matrix printers...
1. September 1984
China Hewlett-Packard (CHP), the first high-tech joint venture in China, established.
1. May 1985
HP revolutionizes color printing with the introduction of the affordable HP DeskJet 500C. HP advances lightweight portable computer with the HP 95LX palmtop PC. Roughly the size of a pocket calculator, it boats as much computing power as a desktop PC
1. February 1991
HP introduces the 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) HP OmniBook 300, a superportable PC with extended battery life. The same year Dave Packard retires as chairman of the board. Lew Platt is elected to replace him...
1. June 1993
Dave Packard dies at age 83. Flags fly at half-staff across Silicon Valley and at HP offices around the world for the man headlines describe as “a Silicon Valley founding father and guiding spirit.”
26. March 1996
Year 1999 Lew Platt retires. Carly Fiorina is named president and CEO and is later named chairman of the board. HP rolls out a global corporate branding campaign featuring a new logo and brand identity focused on the them of “invent" Year later HP...
1. March 2000
Bill Hewlett dies at age 87. HP employees, business leaders and friends around the world mourn the loss of a man described as one of the true pioneers and giants of the electronics industry.
12. January 2001
HP and Compag merge. The new company serves more than one billion customers across 162 countries. HP announces breakthroughs in molecular electronics in the emerging field of nanotechnology. HP acquires Indigo to accelerate its lead in digital...
1. January 2002
HP rolls out new digital entertainment products, including plasma and LCD flat-panel TVs and the HP Digital Entertainment Center. HP wins the Corporate Innovation Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for the...
1. June 2004
HP Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina steps down in February, and CFO Bob Wayman is appointed interim CEO. In March, HP names Mark Hurd to serve as CEO and president. And year later in September he is named Chairman of the Board...
6. December 2005
January: Extending its strategy of establishing research centers in growing economies, HP opens a research lab in St. Petersburg, Russia. HP Labs Russia is the third facility that the company has opened in the past five years...
1. January 2007
On August 18, HP announces its intention to acquire Autonomy Corporation plc, a global infrastructure software company for the enterprise. September 22: HP's board of directors appoints Meg Whitman as president and chief executive officer, replacing...
22. September 2011
