Crown Berger 1770-1990 (entered Nobel Industries, 1990)
- 1788 John Hall & Sons founded.
- Smith & Walton is founded.
- 1818 Richard Hilton
- 1844 Potter & Co. (Charles Potter and Harold Potter) acquired xx from Richard Hilton
- 1877 The wallpaper company Lincrusta is founded by Frederick Walton.
- 1887 The wallpaper company Anaglypta in Lancaster is founded by Thomas J Palmer and the Storey Bros.
- 1899 The Wallpaper Manufacturer’s Company (WPM) is founded.
- 1915 The Walpamur Company is created by as the paint company of The Wallpaper Manufacturer’s Company (WPM).
- 1915 The Walpamur Company acquires Kinder & Co.
- 1929 The Walpamur Company acquires Arthur Sanderson & Sons.
- 1931 Anaglypta and Lincrusta merged under the name of Relief Decorations, and at the same time became part of The Wallpaper Manufacturer’s Company (WPM).
- 1963 The Walpamur Company acquires Smith & Walton.
- 1965 Reed International takes over The Wallpaper Manufacturers’ Company (WPM).
- 1965 Crown Decorative Products, a new division within The Wallpaper Manufacturers’ Company (WPM), exist of Polycell, Sanderson & Sons and Smith & Walton
- 1975 The Walpamur Company changes its name to Crown Decorative Products.
- 1980 Crown Decorative Products acquires Relief Decorations.
- 1986 Akzo Coatings acquires Permoglaze.
- 1987 Williams Holdings acquires The Wallpaper Manufacturers’ Company (WPM).
- 1760 Lewis Berger & Sons founded.
- 1840 Jenson & Nicholson founded.
- Berger, Jenson & Nicholson is founded by the merger
- 1988 Williams Holdings from Hoechst acquires Berger, Jenson & Nicolson and merged with The Walpamur Company creating Crown Berger.
- 1989 Williams Holdings acquires Jacoa from Ward White (UK) and merged into Crown Berger.
- 1990 Nobel Industries acquires Crown Berger Ltd. from Williams Holdings, and is split into several businesses.
- Crown Berger Decorative Paints becomes Crown Nobel Decorative Paints Division, an independent division for decorative coatings.
- Crown Berger Industrial Coatings and RCL becomes part of Casco Nobel Industrial Coatings Division,
- Crown Inks becomes part of Casco Nobel Inks Division.
- Sadolin Nobel UK continues as part of Sadolin Nobel Decorative Paints Division.
- 1991 Nobel Industries acquires MacPherson Paints is acquired from Kemira and becomes part of Crown Nobel Decorative Paints Division.
- 1995 Akzo Decorative Coatings of Akzo Coatings, Crown Nobel Decorative Paints Division of Crown Berger Ltd. and Sadolin Nobel UK Ltd. makes up the new Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings Ltd.
- 2001 Crown Inks is sold, in line with Akzo Nobel's exit from the ink industry (now part of Flint Group)
- 2001 Relief Decorations, wallpaper manufacturer with the brands Anaglypta and Lincrusta is sold to Imperial Home Décor.
- 2003 Imperial Home Décor is taken over by Crown Wilman Vymura Ltd.
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