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Home Address: Stanford Research Park
Stanford Research Park (originally called Stanford Industrial Park) was the brainchild of Bill and Dave’s mentor, Stanford professor Fred Terman, who championed collaboration between university resear ...
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HP Merges Industry and Science Together
Hewlett-Packard was founded on the belief that science and industry had much to offer one another. So, while some areas within Hewlett-Packard facilities looked and operated like industrial factories, ...
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HP-TV Studio: Quiet on the Set
Hewlett-Packard’s first in-house HP-TV television studio began at Page Mill Road around 1967. Since then, video has been an integral communication strategy for the company and has routinely been used ...
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HP: First US Company with Flex Time
Hewlett-Packard Company was the first American company to implement flex time in the United States, having observed the benefits of the program at the company’s plant in Böblingen, West Germany, since ...
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HP’s Board Meeting in Beijing
Following an easing of trade restrictions between the U.S. and China, Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors held a meeting in Beijing in 1983. It was reportedly the first of its kind by an American com ...
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HP’s Excellence in Wartime Production
Hewlett-Packard received the coveted Army-Navy “E” Award for excellence in wartime production four times for its work during World War II. Dave Packard accepted the first award on behalf of the compan ...
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HP’s First Administration Building
Hewlett-Packard’s first administration building, built in 1954, was located at 395 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, California.
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HP’s First Internal Recycling Program
Hewlett-Packard began its first internal recycling program at its Palo Alto facility in 1966, which continued into the 1970s.
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HP’s Marketing & PR Get Sophisticated
By the 1960s, Hewlett-Packard’s marketing and public relations operations were centralizing and growing more sophisticated, with more standardized branding and messaging in advertising across product ...
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Made in Malaysia: HP in Malaysia
Hewlett-Packard Malaysia (HPM) started as a semi-conductor Manufacturing Division on September 6, 1972.