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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer |
| Founded | June 1990 in San Jose, California |
| Defunct | April 1993 |
Key people | Toshiji Tanaka, president and CFO |
| Products | Notebooks |
| Parent | Nippon Steel Corporation |
Librex Computer Systems Inc. was a short-lived American subsidiary of the Nippon Steel Corporation that manufactured notebook computers from 1990 to 1992.[1][2] Librex had roots in Nippon Steel's Electronics and Information Systems Division (EISD) back in Japan, which starting in 1986 had formed joint ventures with several high-profile American computer companies. Librex was Nippon Steel EISD's first venture in the United States; it also set up Nippon Steel Computer PLC in the United Kingdom to sell identical products. The company's notebooks received praise in the technology press, but a fierce price war in the market for laptops in the early 1990s combined with dwindling profit margins compelled Nippon Steel to dissolve Librex in 1993.
- ^ Bartolik, Peter, ed. (August 27, 1990). "Nippon steel enters PC market". Computerworld. XXIV (35). IDG Publications: 103 – via Google Books.
- ^ Rockman, Simon (June 1996). "Retro Computing". Personal Computer World. 19 (6). Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen: 202, 232 – via the Internet Archive.