Is Xerox a company name?

Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company, which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. The company subsequently changed its name to Haloid Xerox in 1958 and then simply Xerox in 1961. read more

In June, the company announced that the document management business would retain the name Xerox and the new business services company would be named Conduent. It also announced that Ashok Vemuri will serve as Conduent's CEO and that Icahn will control three seats on the new company's board. read more

Xerox is the brand of the Xerox Corporation, headquartered in Rochester, New York, USA. As on 31 January 2018, Xerox Corporation is now majority owned by Fujifilm Holdings of Japan. This is the sad ending for a company that revolutionised photocopying with its technology and became a generic name for photocopiers. read more

The company subsequently changed its name to Haloid Xerox in 1958 and then simply Xerox in 1961. Xerography, a modern word meaning "dry writing" developed from two Greek roots, is the name of the process invented in 1938 by Chester Carlson and developed by the Haloid Company. read more