Reed Paper Group
Through numerous acquisitions and mergers Albert E. Reed expanded into a wide variety of business activities ranging from paper and packaging, manufacture of building and decorative products and the publishing of newspapers, books and magazines.
1952 Group consisted of:-
- Albert E. Reed and Co
- Medway Corrugated Paper Co
- Brookgate Industries
- Reed Flong
- Powell, Lane Manufacturing Co
- London Paper Mills Co
- Medway Paper Sacks
- National Corrugated Paper Co
- Reed Paper Sales
- E. R. Freeman and Wescott
1953 Reed Paper Group consisted of:
- London Paper Mills Co
- Medway Corrugated Paper Co
- Empire Paper Mills
- Medway Paper Sacks
- National Corrugated Paper Co
- Brookgate Industries
- Powell, Lane Manufacturing Co
- E. R. Freeman and Wescott
1954 Acquired Thompson and Norris Manufacturing Co, and Sun Paper Mill Co of Blackburn which supplied most of its output to Thompson's[1]. Reed became the largest supplier of corrugated boxes in the UK; developed weather-proof fibreboard and exclusive linen-grain and coloured finishes to give the cases value in retail display[2]
1956 Acquired Holoplast Ltd, whose factory was on Reed's Aylesford site[3]
1961 Continuing to diversify its product ranges, Reed established a joint venture, Aerlan, with Lantor to research methods of making non-woven fabrics, for use as inter-linings in clothing, using paper-making techniques to speed up production[4].
1963 Acquired L&P Plastics[5]
1965 Acquired Wall Paper Manufacturers[7] which became part of a newly formed Decorative Products Division together with Crown and later Polycell. International Publishing Corporation's holding in the company reduced to 28.5 percent[8]
1965 Reed formed the Building Products Division[9] including Wall Paper Manufacturers.
1968 Investment by the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation to develop their de-inking technology[10]
1970 Hoechst bought Berger, Jenson and Nicholson in association with Reeds[11]
1970 Reed Group acquired International Publishing Corporation; changed its name to Reed International[12]
Reed International subsequently reorganised its portfolio in order to concentrate on its publishing and information businesses
1974 International Publishing Corporation was renamed Reed Publishing Holdings Ltd
1987/8 Completed the disposal of all the manufacturing operations.
1993 Reed International PLC and Elsevier NV merged to form Reed Elsevier which operate through two jointly owned companies: Reed Elsevier Group plc (which owns the publishing and information businesses); and Elsevier Reed Finance BV (which owns the financing activities).
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Jul 20, 1954
- ↑ The Times, Jul 05, 1955
- ↑ The Times, Jul 17, 1956
- ↑ The Times, Jan 21, 1961
- ↑ The Times, December 12, 2008
- ↑ The Times, Oct 25, 1963
- ↑ The Times, Apr 06, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Jun 10, 1965
- ↑ The Times , Jul 13, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Feb 05, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Jan 02, 1970
- ↑ The Times, Apr 11, 1970