Zenith Electric

Zenith Electric Co. was a Brunanter manufacturer of adding machines, calculators and typewriters.

History
Zenith was founded in 1928 as a company making adding machines for commercial purposes. Zenith began making typewriters in 1933 and these too were geared towards companies and governments. In the late 1930s Zenith began selling products to the public and became a very successful company.

Zenith and Super Zenith
The Zenith was the original adding machine made by Zenith. The Zenith was introduced in 1929, followed by the Zenith 2 in 1936, the Zenith 3 in 1949 and the electric Zenith 4 in 1963. These machines were employed in offices, businesses and stores and were very successful. ZEC introduced the mechanical Super Zenith in 1948. This was a large accountant's adding machine that would do complex operations. The Brunanter government purchased 300 of these between 1950 and 1954 for use with the tax department and other offices.

Zenith calculators
Zenith's first electric calculator was the Zenith 5 of 1969. This was a very large machine that was built into a desk and cost an impressive 5000 Thalers. Under 20 were produced by Zenith. In 1978 they introduced their first commercially successful calculator, the Zenith 6. This was an electronic portable calculator that could do sums in a fraction of the time that a Zenith 4 or 5 would take to do so. But, they were still quite expensive at Th. 750.00. The Zenith 7 of 1980-83 was still a quite expensive machine and it was the Zenith 8 which became the first portable and accessible calculator. Costing just 75 Thalers it was sold from 1984-1989 and over 25000 units were produced.

Today Zenith's primary business is building calculators. They range from simple and cheap machines to business calculators with printouts and scientific ones.

Zenith Typewriter
The first Zenith Typewriter was the Zenith A of 1933 The model B was introduced in 1940, the C in 1953, the D in 1959 and the E in 1967. The Zenith Electrotype was their first electric typewriter, first being produced in 1968. Though priced at Th. 110, it was a step ahead of the model E and was seen as prestigious. Electric typewriters would then totally replace the mechanical ones in 1975. The Electrotype II would come in 1974, the III in 1980, the IV in 1986 and the V in 1990. This was discontinued in 1993.

Zenith Computer
The Zenith Computer