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1935 [[E. G. Nixon]], managing director of the [[Victory-Kidder Printing Machine Co|Victory-Kidder Printing Machine Co]], had invented a completely novel type of printing machine which the company had patented<ref>The Times Mar. 21, 1935</ref> | 1935 [[E. G. Nixon]], managing director of the [[Victory-Kidder Printing Machine Co|Victory-Kidder Printing Machine Co]], had invented a completely novel type of printing machine which the company had patented<ref>The Times Mar. 21, 1935</ref> | ||
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1870 George Ashley Wilson solved the problem of integrating the process of cutting and folding a newspaper with the printing operation; the first "Victory" printing and folder machine was installed for the North British Daily Mail and the Glasgow Weekly Mail[1]
A Victory rotary press for newspapers is in the London Science Museum (see photo). This worked until 1966, first with the Liverpool Daily Post (until 1884), and then with the Wigan Observer
1888 The Victory Printing and Folding Machine Manufacturing Co was incorporated[2]
1920 The company was acquired by Lamson Paragon Supply Co[3]
1935 E. G. Nixon, managing director of the Victory-Kidder Printing Machine Co, had invented a completely novel type of printing machine which the company had patented[4]