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E. S. & A. Robinson was a British paper, printing and packaging company founded in Bristol in 1844. In 1966 it was merged with John Dickinson Stationery to form the Dickinson Robinson Group (DRG) creating one of the world's largest stationery and packaging companies. ==History== The company is founded in 1844 by Elisha Smith Robinson who is joined by his brother Alfred in 1848. The company prospers quickly making paper bags for grocery stores and then branching out into printing items such as the tradesman’s almanack, elaborate notepapers and bound ledgers. By 1860 the company has eleven lithographic presses, two lithographic machines worked by steam power and a machine for making paper bags . As paper merchants it held the greatest supply of paper in any firm in the kingdom. 1870 after further enlargement of the premises in Redcliffe Street Elisha declares to the architect, the builders and the clerk of the works : "Gentlemen, I have the finest printing factory in the West of England, and neither I nor those who come after me will ever want to enlarge it." By 1887 the company had new block of buildings at Bedminster and this in its turn was only to be big enough for five years. This block of buildings, formerly the colour printing factory located in Bedminster is still standing and in use today. Part of the site is occupied by Cameron Balloons and the five storey factory building has been developed into residential apartments. The converted Robinson Building and East Street Church today contains over 100 homes. 1872 Acquires the printing works of Ensor & Co. in Marsh Street. 1873 Elisha Robinson buys rights to an American patent (inventor: Margaret E. Knight) for a paper satchel bag which in addition to making everyday shopping easier eventually revolutionizes the trade in paper packaging of materials such as Portland Cement and flour. Elisha’s sons Edward II and Arthur Robinson join the company in 1869 and 1874 1885 Elisha Smith Robinson dies 1887 A technique stumbled upon by American paper dealer Robert Gair leads to the mass production of the carton and folding boxes which accelerates the growth of the Bedminster and later Fishponds operations.〔(''Cartons, Crates and Corrugated Board: Handbook of Paper and Wood Packaging.'' by Diana Tweede and Susan E M Selke, DESTech Publications, 2005, p.24 )〕 1889 One week’s paid holiday is granted to employees with service of a year or more. At the time the wider business community considered this was innovative and overly generous. The Robinsons however continued to demonstrate a balanced reaction to the emerging union influences and later were industry leaders in the introduction of pensions and profit sharing schemes. 1893 Edward and Arthur Robinson turn the business into a limited company. 1902 A Mr Benwell, manager of bag making, chances upon an idea for printing on bags. The demand for bags printed with logos and advertising proves to be enormous and a hundred million are ordered within a few weeks of the process being operational. A patent is later sold to the Union Bag Company (later the Union Camp Corporation). 1912 The Malago Factory is completed and by 1930 it is producing 25 million bags per week. 1918 John Laird & Son Ltd, Printers in Glasgow, acquired. 1920 The Strachan & Henshaw engineering company is acquired. 1920 E S & A Robinson (South Africa) Ltd incorporated and later Paper Sacks (South Africa) Ltd 1924 Robinson Waxed Paper Co. Ltd is incorporated and by 1929 from its Fishponds factory exports wax paper to New Zealand, Malaya, China, India, Ceylon, the West Indies, Egypt, Palestine, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden. 1932 E S & A Robinson (Canada) Ltd is founded in Toronto. 1940 Company engineers develop an aircraft template reproduction process that is adopted by practically the whole of the British aircraft industry. The process received commendation from Sir Stafford Cripps for a significant contribution to the war effort. 1944 Foster Robinson appointed chairman. 1955 A De Havilland Heron aircraft is acquired to ferry company executives and technicians. 1962-4 A new Headquarters (and Bristol's first skyscraper) is designed by in house architects and built at One Redcliffe Street, Bristol 1966 A merger with John Dickinson Stationery forms the Dickinson Robinson Group (DRG) creating one of the world's largest stationery and packaging companies. Products with a high public profile included Sellotape and Basildon Bond. 1974-1979 DRG acquires Papeteries de La Couronne, J. Arthur Dixon, Royal Sovereign and John Heath. 1989 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E. S. & A. Robinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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