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Potts Print (UK) is an independent printing, packaging and direct mail company based in Cramlington, Northumberland. The company began in North Shields in 1875, and has continued to expand ever since. It is a North East success story, notable by its 136-year existence (as of 2011), survival of two world wars and importance as a significant employer in the region (165 people).〔Employment figure at 24 June 2011〕 Historically, Potts Print (UK) was a publisher as well as a printer, operating under the name W. J. Potts during the years 1875 and 1910. Known publications include Bergen's Marine Engineer (1884),〔Source: Google Books. URL: http://books.google.com/books/about/Bergen_s_marine_engineer_and_guide_book.html?id=KRjmtgAACAAJ〕 Pott's Mining Register and Directory for the Coal and Ironstone Trades of Great Britain and Ireland (1893)〔Source: Google Books. URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=slCeYgEACAAJ&dq=W+J+Potts&hl=en&ei=BM1pTpviO9CVswaQreXfBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAg〕 and Tynemouth Priory, by Canon Herbert S. Hicks (1910).〔Source: Google Books. URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=1AB3QwAACAAJ&dq=W+J+Potts+Tynemouth+Priory&hl=en&ei=kM1pTuHDJs3DswaAyvzCBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQ〕 Beyond 1910, the company released occasional publications under the name of J. D. Potts. Known publications include Tyneside Recitations & Other Poems, by T. Campbell (1928).〔Source: Google Books. URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=0S1yHAAACAAJ&dq=J+D+Potts+tyneside+recitations&hl=en&ei=lc5pTujLFcftsgbl6cjuBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA〕 Most recently, Potts Print (UK) has carbon offset its entire operation and is a certified Carbon Balanced Publication Printing Company〔Source: Stop Press! URL: http://pottsprintuk.posterous.com/127855683〕 (as of 1 May 2012). It is the first Carbon Balanced printing company in the North of England. == History == In 1875, William John Potts established W. J. Potts & Son and began trading from the Atlas Printing and Publishing Works on the corner of Union and Camden Street, North Shields. John Dryden Potts was running the company in 1910, renaming it John D Potts and moving to Little Bedford Street, North Shields. His son George joined the company in 1930. The company survived both world wars, although it ceased trading for a period between 1939 and 1945 as the proprietor and staff were called up for military service. The business was incorporated as Potts Printers Limited in 1954, with George Potts as Managing Director. Stuart Couch, future Chairman, joined as an apprentice compositor in 1950, becoming General Manager in 1965 and Works Director in 1970. In the mid-1970s, Stuart Couch was appointed Managing Director and the company relocated to Waterville Road, North Shields. The current Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Sandford-Couch, son of Stuart, joined the company in 1985 and took control in 1995. In 2006 the company moved to a new HQ and print facility named Atlas House, in Nelson Park, Cramlington, where it is currently trading. In 2010 the company was rebranded as Potts Print (UK) Ltd. On 1 May 2012, the company achieved Carbon Balanced Publication Printing Company status. 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「Potts Print (UK)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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