Hewlett-Packard
South Queensferry

Innovation in Silicon Glen

REVISION 3: (September 2024)

Privately published in 2021, the 3 volume 1200 page history
of Hewlett-Packard South Queensferry is believed to be one of
the most complete industrial histories in the UK, if not Europe.
It charts the facility from inception in the 1960s through closure
and demolition in 2013. Volume 1 covers the full 50 year story,
Volume 2 the technology developed, and the final volume is a illustrated colour photo book.

VIEW the 3 VOLUMES:

Over 600 hardback books were subscribed & printed. There are various soft-viewing options:

FLIP BOOK VERSION (1.3 GB) (VIEW-BOOKS/flipbooks)
Standalone JavaScript/HTML5 viewer, offers book-like presentation at half resolution, 150dpi:
PDF PRINTERS BLOCK WITH BLEED (0.7 GB) (VIEW-BOOKS/bookimages)
Commercial print quality RGB-PDF files used to print the books, 300dpi:
E-BOOK VERSION (0.2 GB) (VIEW-BOOKS/ebooks)
These are .mobi files that work with the following readers: Calibre for Windows, Calibre for Linux, Android phone: Amazon Kindle App, and Kindle 3 reader.
The following links enable you to download the file that then must be added to the various ebook reader libraries.
- Volume 1: Business Work and Play History Book
- Volume 2: The Product Families, a Product History Book - coming soon
- Volume 3: People and Memories Colour Picture Book - coming soon
Miscellaneous Material (0.01GB) (VIEW-BOOKS/miscellaneous)