Dickinson Robinson Group
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The Dickinson Robinson Group or DRG was a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 paper, printing and packaging company founded in 1966 as a result of a merger of John Dickinson Stationery
John Dickinson Stationery
John Dickinson Stationery Limited was a leading British stationery company founded in west Hertfordshire, that was later merged to form Dickinson Robinson Group. In the 19th century, the company pioneered a number of innovations in paper-making.-History:...

 Ltd and E. S. & A. Robinson Ltd creating one of the world's largest stationery and packaging companies.
Products with a high public profile included Sellotape
Sellotape
Sellotape is a British brand of transparent, cellulose-based, pressure sensitive adhesive tape, and is the leading brand of clear, pressure sensitive tape in the United Kingdom. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending...

 and Basildon Bond.
In 1989 Roland Franklin (Pembridge Associates) acquired DRG with a leveraged buyout
Leveraged buyout
A leveraged buyout occurs when an investor, typically financial sponsor, acquires a controlling interest in a company's equity and where a significant percentage of the purchase price is financed through leverage...

and the assets of the company were stripped.
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