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Victor Technology

Victor Technology

American technology company Victor TechnologyFormerlyVictor Adding Machine CompanyTypePrivateIndustryManufacturingFounded1918; 108 years ago (1918) in DuPage County, IllinoisFounderCarl BuehlerHeadquarters Bolingbrook, Illinois, United StatesWebsitevictortech.com Victor Technology LLC (also known as Victor Calculator) is a supplier of printing calculators, scientific calculators, financial calculators, basic calculators, and desktop accessories with headquarters in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Victor products are sold primarily throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico through independent office supply dealers. Company history Victor adding machine Victor Adding Machine Co. was a fledgling company in 1918 when the operator of a chain of meat markets gave a Victor salesman $100, intending to buy an adding machine. Instead, he got 10 shares of the company's issued capital. In an effort to protect his investment, that man – Carl Buehler – became a director of Victor in September 1918 and was elected president of the company three months later. The first Victor adding machine, Model 110, was introduced in 1919. In 1921, Carl selected his 24-year-old son, A. C., as Vice Presid