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Dickinson, John, & Co Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • Millington & Sons Ltd
  • Robinson, E S & A, Ltd
  • Dickinson Robinson Group Ltd
  • Roland Franklin
  • Dickinson, John, Stationery Ltd

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, East of England, England

Sectors:

  • Paper & paper products manufacture Paper containers & other packaging production
  • Paper & paper products manufacture Paper production inc wood pulp
  • Publishing & printing Stationery production

Notes:

Established 1804 by John Dickinson, 1782-1869, as a manufacturing stationer in London. Early on noted for inventions for papermaking. 1809 acquired his first paper mill at Apsley, soon followed by others 1850 making envelopes by machinery and developed a substantial envelope business. 1918 acquired Millington & Sons Ltd. 1966 merged with E S & A Robinson Ltd of Bristol to form Dickinson Robinson Group Ltd, a world leading stationery and packaging business. 1989 acquired by Roland Franklin and known as John Dickinson Stationery Ltd. Subsequently other owners

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