K. S. Paul and Associates
of Great Western Trading Estate, Park Royal Road, NW10 (1954)
of Kingsbury Works, Kingsbury Road NW9 (1960), importers, dealers, manufacturers and repairers of printing and engraving machinery[1]
1954 K S Paul Ltd applied for a patent on a process for production of plates for printing blocks invented by Rudolf Hell
1957 K S Paul Ltd demonstrated its novel electronic colour engraving machine for making printing blocks[2]
1958 K S Paul (Printing Machinery) Ltd applied for a patent on a telephone answering machine invented by John McDonald Bentley
1960 K S Paul (Printing Machinery) Ltd applied for a patent on an improved egg boiler invented by Malcolm Gwyn Thomas
1963 K. S. Paul and Associates was incorporated
1964 K. S. Paul Ltd was wound up voluntarily[3]
1965 K. S. Paul and Associates Ltd applied for a patent on an optical scanning system invented by David John Stewart
1966 K. S. Paul (Koenig and Bauer) Ltd of Kingsbury Works applied for a patent on method and means of making built-up wrap-around printing plates invented by Karl Hans Schaffer.
1967 Eltra Corporation acquired a majority interest in the company; Eltra was the parent of Linotype and Machinery which announced it was diversifying into an industry outside the graphic arts field[4]
1969 K. S. Paul and Associates Ltd applied for a patent on photographic printing equipment invented by Derek John Kyte
1969 Renamed as Linotype-Paul Ltd
1974 Engaged in the design and manufacture of photocomposing systems[5]
1983 500 redundancies were announced at the Cheltenham factories[6]
1983 Linotype AG acquired the firm[7]
1985 The British firm was renamed Linotype Ltd
1990 Linotype AG merged with Hell GmbH to become Linotype-Hell AG.[8]
1991 The British firm was renamed Linotype-Hell Ltd
1992 "Linotype-Hell, which has its UK headquarters in Cheltenham, will not pay a dividend to shareholders after what it calls an “extraordinarily difficult year”. " [9]
1994 K. S. Paul Products Ltd of Eley Road, London N18 applied for a patent on a piston pump invented by Clive William Lacey
1996 Heidelberg Graphic Equipment acquired a majority of the shares
1997 Linotype-Hell merged with Heidelberg Graphic Equipment of Germany[10]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Companies House filings