MGD Graphic Systems

of Preston

of London

1936 Predecessor company incorporated^[1] - see Goss Printing Press Co

1966 Miehle-Goss-Dexter of Preston received an order from Sweden for a Goss Metro offset press for newspaper printing^[2].

1969 The International division of Miehle-Goss-Dexter received an order from Italy for a Goss web offset press^[3]

1969 North American Rockwell Corporation merged with Miehle-Goss-Dexter, America's largest manufacturer of printing presses, who had a factory in Preston^[4]

1970 MGD Graphic Systems was owned by North American Rockwell Corporation

1971 Supplied a printing press for the West Sussex Times^[5]

1973 Queen's Award for export^[6]

1980 Renamed Rockwell Graphic Systems

Sources of Information

↑ Companies House website but no documentary evidence provided
↑ The Times June 7, 1966
↑ The Times Mar. 5, 1969
↑ The Times June 16, 1969
↑ The Times July 24, 1971
↑ The Times Apr. 21, 1973

[1] Companies House website but no documentary evidence provided

[2] The Times June 7, 1966

[3] The Times Mar. 5, 1969

[4] The Times June 16, 1969

[5] The Times July 24, 1971

[6] The Times Apr. 21, 1973

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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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