After blaming the strength of the Deutschmark and the general decline of the UK typewriter market for its poor performance in the latter half of 1986 (CI No 671) , Office and Electronic Machines Plc is now pointing the finger at its main supplier, Triumph Adler AG, for its latest, dismal, showing (see page five): OEM says the recent reorganisation at Triumph Adler culminating in last month’s release of new typewriters should improve its future prospects, but screen-based products promised for the current half back in April will not be ready until next year; OEM has sold its Jim Davis Models division; an investigation, prior to the sale, showed that the division had an unexplained loss of UKP50,000; further investigations are underway.
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