Dickinson Robinson Group

The Dickinson Robinson Group, or DRG, was a listed British paper, printing and packaging company founded in 1966 as a result of a merger of John Dickinson Stationery Ltd. and E. S. & A. Robinson Ltd., creating one of the world's largest stationery and packaging companies. Products with a high public profile included Sellotape, which it owned from the 1960s to the 1980s, and Basildon Bond, which dated from 1911.[1]

In 1978, DRG took over the Royal Sovereign group of companies.[1]

In 1989, Roland Franklin (Pembridge Associates) acquired DRG's packaging business with a leveraged buyout worth £900 million and the assets of that company were stripped.[2] In 1992, the packaging business was acquired by Bowater-Scott.[1]

The John Dickinson stationery business was acquired by DS Smith in 1996[3] and, in turn, in 2005 by Hamelin, a French company.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "John Dickinson and Co". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ Hammond, Ed (18 January 2015). "Martin Franklin, Jarden: a repentant corporate raider". Financial Times. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  3. ^ "D. S. Smith". Grace's Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  4. ^ "The History of John Dickinson Stationery". Hamelin Paperbrands. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.