Editing Comptec

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{{Infobox Company
| company_name     = Comptec
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| foundation       = 1973 (Canada)<br>1983 (France)
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| location_country = Canada
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| defunct          = 2001 (USA)<br>2003 (Canada)<br>2016 (France)
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'''Comptec International''' was a plastic injection manufacturer headquartered in Canada. In the keyboard community, it is the US arm—Comptec Incorporated in Custer, Washington, USA—that is the best known; Comptec Inc was bought out by management in 2001 to become [[Signature Plastics]].<ref name="SP-buyout" /><ref name="NWBM-buyout" />

Comptec International in Canada closed down in July 2003.<ref name="CA-closed" />

[http://www.comptec.fr/ Comptec S.A.] was founded in France in 1983. The company went bankrupt in 2015, and was liquidated in 2016.<ref name="Verif-Comptec-SA" /> As of September 2016, their website notes the following:<ref name="CF-presentation" />

:Le groupe COMPTEC est réparti en 2 sites de production :<br>
:<br>
:   SIGNATURE PLASTICS LLC (État de Washington - USA)<br>
:   COMPTEC S.A. (Montauban - France)<br>

Comptec in its day was a very successful keycap manufacturer, producing [[double-shot moulding|double-shot]] keycaps for a huge range of equipment around the world. One of the best-known customers was Wyse. Another major customer was [[Wong's]].<ref name="corr-SP-1" />

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File:WYSE_005.jpg               | [[WYSE ASCII]] keycaps from Comptec
File:Straight outta Comptec.jpg | Comptec keycaps for the [[Acorn BBC Microcomputer]], along with the associated switches
</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="SP-buyout">Signature Plastics — [http://www.solutionsinplastic.com/about_history.html About Us]</ref>
<ref name="NWBM-buyout">Northwest Business Monthly (May 2006) — [http://www.solutionsinplastic.com/images/SIG_NWBM_Article.pdf Custer company delivers satisfaction worldwide]</ref>
<ref name="CA-closed">Canadian Plastics — [http://www.canplastics.com/features/comptec-closes-doors/ Comptec Closes Doors]</ref>
<ref name="corr-SP-1">Correspondence with Signature Plastics, 2015-10-02</ref>
<ref name="Verif-Comptec-SA">Verif.com — [http://www.verif.com/societe/COMPTEC-SA-702014960/ Société COMPTEC SA à MONTAUBAN (Chiffre d'affaires, bilans, résultat) avec Verif.com - Siren 702014960]</ref>
<ref name="CF-presentation">Comptec SA — [http://www.comptec.fr/presentation.htm Présentation et Organisation de COMPTEC S.A.]</ref>
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