MGD Graphic Systems
of Preston
of London
1936 Predecessor company incorporated[1] - see Goss Printing Press Co
1961 Goss Printing Press Co merged with the Miehle-Dexter Co[2] to form Miehle-Goss-Dexter
1966 Miehle-Goss-Dexter of Preston received an order from Sweden for a Goss Metro offset press for newspaper printing[3].
1969 The International division of Miehle-Goss-Dexter received an order from Italy for a Goss web offset press[4]
1969 North American Rockwell Corporation merged with Miehle-Goss-Dexter, America's largest manufacturer of printing presses, who also had a factory in Preston[5]
1970 MGD Graphic Systems was owned by North American Rockwell Corporation
1971 Supplied a printing press for the West Sussex Times[6]
1973 Queen's Award for export[7]
1980 Renamed Rockwell Graphic Systems