Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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K. S. Paul and Associates

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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]


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Sources of Information

  1. Harrow Observer 22 July 1969
  2. The Times Feb. 22, 1957
  3. The London 17 April 1964
  4. The Times Sept. 22, 1967
  5. Southall Gazette 08 November 1974
  6. The Times Feb. 4, 1983
  7. The Times Feb. 23, 1983
  8. [1] Linotype History
  9. Gloucestershire Echo 25 April 1992
  10. The Times Feb. 28, 1997
  • Companies House filings