Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Ofrex

From Graces Guide

of Stephen Street, London.

1961 Manufacturers, distributors and exporters of patented office and drawing office supplies, office machines, stapling machines and staples, carbons, ribbons and stencils. 1,000 employees. [1]

1980 Acquired Cumberland Graphics and Cumberland Pencils including a factory in Keswick; the products would be marketed by Rexel, the main subsidiary.[2]

1981 Acquired by Gallaher[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  2. The Times, Nov 07, 1980
  3. The Times Aug. 19, 1981