About Broughton & Co. (Bristol) Ltd (t/a Busicom Business Machines)
For many years after its founding the company was the sole importer and distributor of most of the main East German manufactured office machines. The products covered being typewriters, mechanical calculators, book-keeping and invoicing machines, under the brand names Rheinmetal, Supermetal, Soemtron and Mercedes. These products were purchased through barter trade.