1970 Reed Group acquired International Publishing Corporation; changed its name to Reed International[1]
1971 Crown Paints and Crown Wallpapers were brought under the same management as part of Reed International[2]
1971 Twyfords was acquired as part of building products and Reed Building Products Division was established as a main division of the group.
1973 Acquired Westwood Plastics through the Key Terrain subsidiary[3]
1976 The 5 main divisions were[4]:
- Reed Group
- Mirror Group Newspapers
- International Publishing Corporation
- Wall Paper Manufacturers
- Building Products
1987 Reed decided to concentrate on publishing, paper and packaging and sold major parts of its DIY division, Crown Paints and Polycell, to Williams Holdings[5].
1987/8 Completed the disposal of all the manufacturing operations.
1993 Reed International PLC and Elsevier NV merged to form Reed Elsevier which operated 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).