During the late 1970s and 1980s, business was worse, and in 1987 (the same year as Halda turned 100 years old) the former owner, Ericsson announced that they sold Facit to the Norwegian Design Data.
Under 1970- och 80-talen gick det sämre, och 1987 (samma år som Halda fyllde 100 år) meddelade den dåvarande ägaren Ericsson att de sålt Facit till Norsk Design Data.