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The Gestetner, named after its inventor David Gestetner, is a type of duplicating machine, its brand name and the associated company. == History' == David Gestetner, born in Csorna, Hungary, moved to London, England, and in 1879 filed his first copying patent. A later patent in 1881 was for the Cyclostyle, a stylus that was part of the Cyclograph copying device. He also established the Gestetner Cyclograph Company to produce duplicating machines, stencils, styli, ink rollers and related products the same year. The Gestetner works opened in 1906 at Tottenham Hale, north London, and employed several thousand people until the 1970s.〔T. F. T. Baker, R. B. Pugh (editors), A. P. Baggs, Diane K. Bolton, Eileen P. Scarff, G. C. Tyack, ''(A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham )'', pp. 333–339. Victoria County History, (British History ), 1976. Date accessed: 16 October 2010.〕 Gestetner's inventions became an overnight success, and an international chain of branch offices that sold and serviced Gestetner products was established. The Gestetner Company expanded quickly during the early and mid-20th century. Management was passed to David Gestetner's son, Sigmund, and from him to his sons, David and Jonathan. Gestetner acquired other companies during the years: Nashua (later changed to Nashuatec), Rex Rotary, Hanimex and Savin. Eventually a holding company was set up called NRG (N = Nashuatec, R = Rex Rotary, G = Gestetner). In 1996 the international Gestetner Company was acquired by they Ricoh company of Japan. The company was renamed NRG Group PLC, and markets and services Ricoh products under its three main brand names, primarily in Europe, South Africa and the Middle East, but also through dealers throughout the world. The brand has been owned by Ricoh since 1995. In Europe, Gestetner Group became NRG Group which as of 1 April 2007 became Ricoh Europe. On 1 April 2007, Ricoh merged its Gestetner dealer network with the Lanier dealer network that had been selling Lanier-branded products on behalf of Ricoh for the North American market. Ricoh indicated that the merger's rationale was based on the fact that both "Gestetner and Lanier brands have been marketing identical products for many years." Thus, Gestetner's American customers can simply substitute Lanier-branded products for previous Gestetner-branded products even though Lanier-branded products are the same as Ricoh and Savin.〔"Notice for Gestetner Customers," April 2, 2007. (Gestetner USA website ). (Retrieved April 28, 2009.)〕 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「Gestetner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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