Who owns thanet press

Their three London printworks had all been bombed, leaving them with a three metre deep pool of lead in the basement, so they moved their letterpress works to three new sites — Portsmouth, Chiswick and Margate. From to , they expanded the Thanet Press and added a range of new buildings, creating almost square metres of floor space.

By , they had over staff and were moving from traditional letterpress to digital typesetting. Passionate about traditional skills and craftsmanship he was a founder of the Printing Historical Society he was also an early advocate of computer design. But by , the print industry was facing radical disruption from new technology and Thanet Press was in trouble.

The company changed hands a few times but by , now owned by the Graham Cumming Group and with staff reduced to just 85, Thanet Press was pushed into administration.

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