Founded in
Rochester,
New York in
1906 as
The Haloid Company, Xerox has grown to be one of the world leaders in all sorts of document technology, particularly
copiers and
printers. This growth (and the name change) was due mostly to the licensing of
Chester F. Carlson's new process of
Xerography. Xerox's
Palo Alto Research Center (
PARC) is almost legendary amongst
geeks.
While the company is now headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, it maintains several facilities in the Rochester area and is still one of the area's largest employers, along with Kodak and Wegmans.
My girlfriend works for Xerox. Woo.