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On February 24th, 2020, we learned of the passing of Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician who overcame racism and sexism in the 1950s to play a key role in Project Mercury, the first American spaceflight mission to put a man into orbit and return him safely. Katherine, like many other NASA mathematicians at the time, relied on a Monroe calculator to make the precise calculations required for space travel. The mission required the team to launch the capsule into orbit, fly throu …

What's your fondest memory? When you finished college? Or when you got your first accounting job? For many of the staff here at Monroe Systems for Business, it was when our product specialists introduced the Monroe Ultimate (today known as the UltimateX), our top-of-the line heavy-duty printing calculator that combines the best features of the Monroe Classic and Pro printing calculators.Introduced in 2010, the Monroe Ultimate was not only well received by our staff — who test all new products be …

On June 27, 2017, Monroe's own, Mr. Bill Hines, celebrated his 50th year anniversary with the company; a nearly unheard of feat in today's day and age. Bill has represented Monroe with the upmost dignity and respect throughout his time here. As Monroe's longest standing employee, we decided to celebrate his grand achievement with an article about his life and times with the company. Tell us about your background before you got to MonroeBorn and raised in South Philadelphia,  …

At Monroe we understand the importance of numbers. In the 1970’s through the 1990’s, it was very common for a calculator to be replaced every three or four years and/or have the calculator under a maintenance agreement. During that time, the Epson printer mechanism, the printer being used in most printing calculators, was manufactured to perform 5.4 million lines of print. While the printers are now manufactured by Citizen, our factory continues to use 5.4 million lines as the performance benchm …

It’s hard to part with your best fitting jeans or completely falling apart house slippers that your dog mistakenly thought was his toy. They just feel good, worn in (not out). Many customers feel the same toward their Monroe calculator. It might have been with them for 10 or 20 years. They knew exactly where every key was located and the feel of the keyboard beneath their fingertips. But at some point, even a Monroe will find its point of no repair. So far this sounds like a sad story, r …