IBM Hungary Ltd.

The Hungarian government rented the vast majority of data processing machines, punch card machines, data processing machines, and tabulating machines from IBM, so it had to be present in the domestic market for their maintenance and supply of spare parts.

Punched card machines, tabulating machines, sorters, ballpoint typewriter, second generation electronic computers, third generation electronic computers, IBM/360, IBM/370, mainframe computers.

After its establishment in 1936 (initially under the name Watson Electrical Bookkeeping Ltd.), the office burned down during World War II, but was soon rebuilt and life resumed. In 1947, the company took the name International Business Machines Corporation Hungary Ltd. In 1966, the company was merged with the Central European representation of Lotus. The company sold its PC business to LENOVO in 2004.

It played an important role in the development of computer technology in Hungary because it ensured that computer literature could be obtained in large quantities through IBM, and that it was possible to attend its lectures and courses. The other significance, which developed indirectly, was that the Eastern Computer Development, later known as ESZR, was basically based on IBM machines, which meant nothing more than copying IBM's existing machines.

Gyula Sándorfi was imprisoned from 1951, left Hungary in 1956, and became the head of IBM in Paris.

1953. IBM is placed under the supervision of the Central Bank of Hungary, but remains under American ownership.

István Boldis was elected CEO with the approval of ROECE (Regional Office Europe Central and East).