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of Derby and London
1909 George Allen and Sons bought the publishing department of Bemrose and Sons[1]
1922 Combined with Alf Cooke of Leeds and Norbury, Natzio and Co to form a new company, Universal Printers[2]
1972 Universal Printers was renamed Bemrose Corporation[3]
1996 Bemrose acquired Charles Letts and Co[4]
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