It was once an essential item in any office, but the humble typewriter could soon be gone for good after the last factory producing them shut down production. Godrej and Boyce has closed its production plant in Mumbai and say they only have around 200 machines still in stock.
While computers replaced typewriters years ago for much of the world, they remained popular in India, until recently when they finally lost out to new technologies. Bosses at the firm, which started producing typewriters in the 1950s, say they were forced to halt production as orders began to dry up.
At one point they were selling 50 000 per year, but that dropped to under 800 last year and so it's time to shut up shop.
While computers replaced typewriters years ago for much of the world, they remained popular in India, until recently when they finally lost out to new technologies. Bosses at the firm, which started producing typewriters in the 1950s, say they were forced to halt production as orders began to dry up.
At one point they were selling 50 000 per year, but that dropped to under 800 last year and so it's time to shut up shop.
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