1963

General information

Commodore's major focus in 1963 was to consolidate and strengthen the distribution of their main product lines of typewriters, adding machines and copying machines. They attempted to achieve this mainly through acquisitions.

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Manufacturing operations at the Feiler plant in West Germany

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Manufacturing operations at the Feiler plant in West Germany

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Assembly of the Commodore Drycopy machines at the Analogue Controls plant in New York

Notable company events

• Commodore purchased Willy Feiler Zahl-Und Rechenwerke GMBH, a West German manufacturer of office equipment, for a total investment of $1,247,893.72.

• Commodore purchased a 49.34% interest in Analogue Controls, Inc, a precision manufacturer of technical components in New York, for $276,343.66.

• Commodore acquired Humber Typewriter & Business Equipment Co. Ltd, a small but efficient wholesale distributing company in Toronto, Ontario from Evermac Office Equipment Company Limited (another Tramiel/Kapp company) for $175,000 on April 26, 1963.<ref>Report of The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Failure of Atlantic Acceptance Corporation Limited, p.410</ref>

• ACE Industries Limited, an Irish subsidiary of Commodore, was incorporated on December 18, 1963.<ref>Report of The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Failure of Atlantic Acceptance Corporation Limited, p.415</ref>

Products

Commodore's product line in 1963 consisted of various models of portable typewriters, adding machines and copying machines.

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Commodore Electric Adding Machine, Model E99CB with direct subtraction

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Commodore Drycopy Copying Machine, Model 10A

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Commodore Lightweight Portable Typewriter

Revenue and profit

These numbers do not include the newly acquired Willy Feiler and Analogue Controls.

Revenue	$4,510,398.15
Net profit	$143,043.13

Directors

C. Powell Morgan - Toronto	Executive
Jack Tramiel - New York	Executive
Manfred Kapp - Toronto	Executive
J. Aubrey Medland - Toronto	Executive
Fenimore Fisher - New York	Executive
Harry Wagman - Toronto	Chartered Accountant
Carman G. King - Toronto	Investment Dealer
Douglas R. Annett - Toronto	Investment Dealer
Carl M. Solomon - Toronto	Solicitor

Officers

C. Powell Morgan	Chairman of the Board
Jack Tramiel	President
Manfred Kapp	Secretary-Treasurer
Fenimore Fisher	Vice President

Corporate entities and subsidiaries

Location	Corporate Entity
Toronto, Ontario	Commodore Business Machines (Canada) Ltd.
	Commodore Drycopy Ltd.
	Humber Typewriters and Business Equipment Ltd.
New York, N.Y.	Commodore Business Machines, Inc
	Commodore Drycopy, Inc
	Analogue Controls Inc.
West Germany	Willy Feiler Zahl-Und Rechenwerke GMBH

Annual report to shareholders

June 30, 1963: Commodore Business Machines (Canada), Ltd. Annual report to shareholders