A bit of history happened recently: Indian typewriter manufacturer Godrej and Boyce in Mumbai, India, stopped production after 60 years of manufacturing. Godrej is believed to be the last company anywhere in the world that manufactured typewriters. In recent years, most of the typewriters sold were for Arabic languages. The company's general manager, Milind Dukle, says, "We are not getting many orders now."
You can read more in an article by Nicholas Jackson in The Atlantic at http://goo.gl/fGisj
I will say that I have fond memories of many of the typewriters I have used over the years. However, for a few years, I repaired IBM Selectrics and I must say that I won't miss those!
