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Limited edition book celebrates company's history

A MacDermid Autotype product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Sep 27, 2005

MacDermid Autotype is launching a limited edition book to celebrate its third Queen's Award as well as its 137th year of trading.

MacDermid Autotype is launching a limited edition book to celebrate its third Queen's Award as well as its 137th year of trading.

The book, fittingly entitled 'Celebration of Innovation - A History of Autotype 1868-2005', tells the story of the highly successful company from its origins as a pioneer in photographic technology and a publishing house, right through to its position today as a world leading manufacturer of high performance films and chemicals for use in the screen printing, display media, flat panel display and electronics industries.

In the years since the company opened the doors of its Brixton offices in 1868 for the very first time, MacDermid Autotype has initiated numerous ground-breaking developments within the specialist field of imaging technology.

After only six years of trading, in 1874, the then Autotype Company invented a new printing method that revolutionised the world of visual communication.

More recently the company has brought about a number of innovations, including precision nano replication (PNR) and formable Hardcoat films for film insert moulding, that accurately reflect its stated mission of 'applying technology' to help its customers in the electronics, display screen and printing industries to succeed.

During a recent visit to the MacDermid Autotype UK headquarters in Wantage, Oxfordshire, local MP, Ed Vaisey, explained: "The new book is a great summary of this innovative company, taking the reader on a fascinating journey through its 137-year history right to the present day where we see MacDermid Autotype become one of the main employers in the area and winner of the prestigious Queen's Award for the third time".

The book contains information of historical importance and copies will be archived with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries across the world.

Researchers may contact the MacDermid Autotype Marketing Communications Department for copies or excerpts of this limited edition publication.

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