Autotype Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Autotype Fine Art Co Ltd
- Autotype International Ltd
- Autotype Printing & Publishing Co Ltd
- Norcros Group
- MacDermid Inc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brixton, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Ealing, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Wantage, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Publishing & printing
Other printing
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Precision instruments production
Photographic, cinematographic, etc, equipment production
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Mechanical engineering
Printing machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1868 when established at Brixton as the Autotype Printing & Publishing Co Ltd. Developed as innovative photographic image enlargers, printers and colourists and also, early on, publishers. 1870 reorganised as the Autotype Fine Art Co Ltd and about this time relocated to Ealing. 1875 known as the Autotype Co Ltd. 1968 acquired by Norcros Group. 1978 moved to Wantage. 2005, when known as Autotype International Ltd, acquired by MacDermid Inc of USA. Continues in 2012 as a world leading manufacturer of films and chemicals for screen printing, display media, etc
Publications:
- Celebration of Innovation. A history of Autotype, 1868-2005 by Moore, John
- Norprint Ltd, Autotype Division, 1968 by Unknown
- The Rising Sun. The first 100 years of The Autotype Company by Mitchell, K J M
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Autotype Fine Art Co Ltd
- Autotype International Ltd
- Autotype Printing & Publishing Co Ltd
- Norcros Group
- MacDermid Inc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Brixton, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Ealing, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Wantage, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Publishing & printing Other printing
- Precision instruments production Photographic, cinematographic, etc, equipment production
- Mechanical engineering Printing machinery production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1868 when established at Brixton as the Autotype Printing & Publishing Co Ltd. Developed as innovative photographic image enlargers, printers and colourists and also, early on, publishers. 1870 reorganised as the Autotype Fine Art Co Ltd and about this time relocated to Ealing. 1875 known as the Autotype Co Ltd. 1968 acquired by Norcros Group. 1978 moved to Wantage. 2005, when known as Autotype International Ltd, acquired by MacDermid Inc of USA. Continues in 2012 as a world leading manufacturer of films and chemicals for screen printing, display media, etcPublications:
- Celebration of Innovation. A history of Autotype, 1868-2005 by Moore, John
- Norprint Ltd, Autotype Division, 1968 by Unknown
- The Rising Sun. The first 100 years of The Autotype Company by Mitchell, K J M