Talk:Gestetner

Conflicting Dates
Under the History section is the following paragraph:

In 1996 the international Gestetner Company was acquired by the Ricoh company of Japan. The company was renamed NRG Group PLC, and markets and services Ricoh products under its three main brand names, primarily in Europe, South Africa and the Middle East, but also through dealers throughout the world. The brand has been owned by Ricoh since 1995. In Europe, Gestetner Group became NRG Group which, as of 1 April 2007, became Ricoh Europe.

The first sentence says Gestetner was acquired by Ricoh in 1996. In the third sentence, it states 1995.

Which is correct? Sjones5922 (talk) 20:37, 28 November 2018 (UTC)


 * It seems to be 1995. Cf. "1995 — Overname van de NRG Group PLC (Nashuatec, Rex-Rotary, Gestetner, voorheen Gestetner Holdings PLC) in het Verenigd Koninkrijk" Onze geschiedenis | Ricoh België, i.e.: "1995 – [Ricoh] acquiring NRG Group PLC (…) in UK." (Our history | Ricoh Belgium) -- Bartvs (talk) 22:18, 4 April 2019 (UTC)

Ricoh acquired Gestetner Holdings PLC in September 1995. The rebranding as NRG was in 2001. See https://www.ricoh.com/about/history/1985_1999/  Geofpick (talk) 10:56, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

NRG etymology
Is there any evidence to support the claim that NRG comes from Nashuatec + Rex Rotary + Gestetner ? Why no mention of Lanier? Geofpick (talk) 11:16, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

British ubiquity
There's nothing materially wrong with the article at present, but it doesn't really convey the popularity of Gestetner duplicators in the UK in the 50s and 60s. They seemed to be everywhere - almost every school office had at least one, for example, and they were used for everything from preparing teaching materials to printing the school magazine. Ef80 (talk) 17:20, 22 April 2024 (UTC)