Reed International
1970 Reed Group acquired International Publishing Corporation; changed its name to Reed International[1]
1971 Crown Paints and Crown Wallpapers were brought under the same management as part of Reed International[2]
1971 Twyfords was acquired as part of building products and Reed Building Products Division was established as a main division of the group.
1973 Acquired Westwood Plastics through the Key Terrain subsidiary[3]
1976 The 5 main divisions were[4]:
- Reed Group
- Mirror Group Newspapers
- International Publishing Corporation
- Wall Paper Manufacturers
- Building Products
1981 The government approved the transfer of 45 newspapers owned by the Berrow's Organisation to Reed International. Reed International has pledged to get rid of the dozen or so titles in their West of England Newspaper group within a year, as part of the deal.[5]
1985 MBO of Reed Building Products Division
1987 Reed decided to concentrate on publishing, paper and packaging and sold major parts of its DIY division, Crown Paints and Polycell, to Williams Holdings[6].
1988 MBO of Reed Packaging
1988 Completed the disposal of all the manufacturing operations.
1993 Reed International PLC and Elsevier NV merged to form Reed Elsevier which operated through two jointly owned companies: Reed Elsevier Group plc (which owns the publishing and information businesses); and Elsevier Reed Finance BV (which owns the financing activities).