The origins of Roto Smeets De Boer date back to 1870. The original Drukkerij De Boer was initially based in Den Helder, and moved to Hilversum in the mid-Fifties. De Boer expanded, particularly in the Sixties, by means of acquisitions in the printing and publishing sector. As a result of changing circumstances, the company decided in the Eighties to concentrate on its core activity: the printing process. This activity was also expanded through a number of takeovers, namely:
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Casparie Holding bv in Almere. This group of nationally-distributed printing companies specialises in regional bound printed material. |
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| 1990 |
The activities of Leiter-Nypels bv in Maastricht. This small printing company operates mainly regionally. |
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| 1992 |
Van Boekhoven-Bosch BV in Utrecht.
De Nieuwe Mijnstreek bv in Beek The activities of Hedes printers in Amsterdam.
Name changed to Koninklijke De Boer Boekhoven NV. |
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| 1993 |
CDP Grafische Bedrijven BV te Emmen.
VNU Grafische Industrie BV in Haarlem.
Name changed to Roto Smeets De Boer NV. |
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| 1995 |
Axon Publishing (50%) in London.
Drukkerij Plukker BV in Schagen. |
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| 1997 |
Plantijn Groep Beheer bv in Capelle a/d IJssel.
The Plantijn Group's operating companies operate in the printing sector, and occupy a leading position in the Netherlands with regard to the integrated production of high quality promotional printed material and alternative information carriers. The core business comprises the flat offset printing activities and prepublishing. |
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| 1998 |
Senefelder Groep NV
Senefelder Misset's rotary printing activities, particularly in the area of general and trade titles, and the activities of Henkes Senefelder in the area of promotional printed material - combined with Ten Klei's processing activities - fit in well with the RSDB companies.
Antok Nyomdaipari Kft in Hungary.
An 85% shareholding in this Hungarian printing company represents an exploratory move into Eastern Europe. |
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| 1999 |
Casparie and Plantijn succesfully marketed a new brand named PlantijnCasparie with a new house style. |
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| 2000 |
A new brand was launched, 2organize.com aimed at information & communication technology and internet activities.
Wolters Kluwer NL's Deventer office and PlantijnCasparie establish a joint venture to publish information even more quickly. The data processing department at the Wolters Kluwer NL ICT centre (with 25 staff) was transferred to PlantijnCasparie as an independent entity.
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| 2001 |
RSDB expands its activities in the field of perfect binding, a form of print finishing which is becoming increasingly important, by acquiring the shares Rojo Holding BV and of Nadruk binders met een accent BV, both operating companies of De Wit Grafische Projecten BV in Eindhoven. |
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| 2002 |
Roto Smeets Deventer introduces the worlds widest gravurepress: the new 368 cm press. |
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| 2003 |
Major reorganisation at PlantijnCasparie: Management buy-out PC Maastricht, sale of PC Apeldoorn, integration of activities of PC Breda, PC Vlaardingen, PC Schiedam/Rotterdam, PC Hilversum at other plants. |
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| 2004 |
Media Partners introduces a new communication advisory bureau for medium and small companies called Slim! |
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| 2005 |
RSDB changes its strategy and transfers from 3 brands to two business lines Print Productions and Marketing Communications |
| 2005 |
RSDB desinvest its PlantijnCasparie companies. It sold PC Almere, PC Amsterdam, PC Capelle ad IJssel, PC Den Haag, PC Groningen, PC Nieuwegein/IJsselstein, PC Zwolle, PC Data, PC Digital Print and Grafisch Productie Bureau to Thieme Grafimediagroep.
PC Eindhoven and PC Utrecht remain within RSDB but are transformed to Roto Smeets GrafiServices.
The creative companies of PlantijnCasparie, 2organize, Design Domain and PC DM are integrated in the business line Marketing Communications. |
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| 2006 |
PC DM changes it name to Leads to Loyals
Ten Klei is sold to Kaspar Group. |
