 Founded as The Adana Agency in 1922 by Donald Aspinall, the company's assets were bought by Frederick Ayers in 1940 and the company was relaunched as Adana (Printing Machines) Limited in 1946.In 1987 the assets were again sold, this time to Caslon Limited who continued to produce a small number of presses for a further six years.Throughout the years, both the company and its presses were usually referred to as "Adana" or "The Adana".