One of the leading computer equipment manufacturers Hewlett-Packard intends to combine its divisions for the production of personal computers and printers. This was reported by Reuters , citing sources familiar with the situation. According to them, the merger will be announced “in the near future.”

Last summer, HP announced plans to spin off its personal computer division into a separate company and focus on providing IT and consulting services, thus repeating the path of IBM, which completely changed its profile in the mid-2000s by selling its PC division to the Chinese Lenovo.

The decision to change course turned out to be unpopular among a number of the company's shareholders. As a result, CEO Leo Apotheker was fired. His place was taken by former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. It was soon announced that the computer business would remain part of HP.

As part of the new reorganization scheme, the head of the printer division, Wyomesh Yoshi, will step down, and the current head of the PC department, Todd Bradley, will lead the combined operation.

HP continues to be a leader in the PC market. However, if we take into account tablet computers, HP lost first place in shipments to Apple. HP itself previously abandoned the development of its own webOS mobile platform, which actually means the manufacturer’s withdrawal from the rapidly growing market of smartphones and tablets.

HP will combine PC and printer production