Impact Type. Manufacturing Type for Type-writers in Switzerland, 1941–1997Three Swiss companies manufactured type for typewriters between the 1940s and 1990s: Caractres SA, Setag and Novatype. For over fifty years, they supplied leading office machine manufacturers in Europe and around the world, including Remington, IBM, Olivetti, Paillard Hermes and Triumph Adler. These three companies, which held a major position on the world market, were instrumental in the creation, development and manufacture of type components and