Bee Electronic Machines Limited (Bee) was founded on August 19, 1981 by Late Shri Krishna Kumar Bhargava, a pioneer in the Electronics industry.

Its first manufacturing plant was established in Tarapur, Maharashtra. The Company had a technical collaboration with M/s. Canon Inc., Japan for manufacturing Black & White Analog Photocopier machines in India. It was amongst the first Companies to manufacture the Photocopiers in India.