When was founded the company that acquired Plummer Roddis?
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Plummer Roddis Plummer Roddis was a chain of department store based in the South of England which was acquired by Debenhams.
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Debenhams Debenhams plc is a British multinational retailer operating under a department store format in the United Kingdom and Ireland with franchise stores in other countries. The company was founded in the eighteenth century as a single store in London and has now grown to 178 locations across the UK, Ireland and Denmark. It sells a range of clothing, household items and furniture and has been known since 1993 for its 'Designers at Debenhams' brand range.
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D&amp;B Hoovers D&B Hoovers was founded by Gary Hoover and Patrick Spain in 1990 as an American business research company that provides information on companies and industries through their primary product platform named "Hoover's". In 2003, it was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet and operated for a time as a wholly owned subsidiary. In 2017, the Hoover's product was re-branded D&B Hoovers.
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Dominion Enterprises Dominion Enterprises is a Norfolk, Virginia-based media and information services company for the automotive and commercial vehicle, real estate, apartment rental and travel industries. It has Internet and printed media operations. Dominion Enterprises was established in September 2006 by Landmark Media Enterprises (formerly Landmark Communications), following a division of assets of its predecessor company, Trader Publishing, between shared owners Landmark and Cox Enterprises.
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Dbx (company) dbx, Inc. is an American producer of professional audio recording equipment. It was founded by David E. Blackmer in 1971.
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Master-McNeil Master-McNeil, Inc. is a naming agency. One of the first firms formed exclusively for brand naming and research, it was founded in 1988 by SB Master. Master added "McNeil" to the company name because it "had a substantial sound" which led potential clients to assume that the company was "big and important, even though we weren't when we first started."
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Fleetwood Enterprises Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. was a producer of recreational vehicles (RVs), mobile homes, and manufactured housing. Founded in 1950, after a series of financial difficulties in the 21st century, the company was broken up, with manufactured housing bought by Cavco Industries and RVs incorporated by a private equity firm into what became Allied Specialty Vehicles which has now formed as a collective manufacturer for Fleetwood RV, American Coach, Monaco, Holiday Rambler, and Trek recreational vehicle brands.
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Bridgewater Systems Bridgewater Systems was a Canadian network management technology firm. It developed software for phone and cable companies. The firm was acquired by Amdocs in 2011.
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D&amp;B Software D&B Software (Dun & Bradstreet Software Services) was formed by the merger of the Management Science America and McCormack & Dodge companies in June 1990, under the ownership of the Dun & Bradstreet corporation. The separate company headquarters, located in Massachusetts and Atlanta, were retained with videoconferencing used for communication. Originally, the merged company was a supplier of financial packages that ran on mainframe computers. In 1991, they released the client-server middleware application suite named SmartStream that ran on HP-UX. In 1996, D&B Software was acquired by the Canadian client-server application firm Geac Computer Corporation for US$150 million, who immediately split the services into two divisions.
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Tandy Corporation Tandy Corporation was an American family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Tandy Leather was founded in 1919 as a leather supply store and acquired a number of craft retail companies, including RadioShack in 1963. In 2000, the Tandy Corporation name was dropped and the entity became the RadioShack Corporation.
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Brac Systems Brac Systems, Inc assets were acquired by Greyter Water Systems in May 2012. Brac was a company that specialized in the development of water saving products for both residential and commercial use. Brac Systems Inc. was founded by Dennis Yasar in Montreal, Quebec, in February 2005.
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Animas Corporation Animas Corporation is an American company that specializes in making insulin pumps, used by people with diabetes. The company was founded by Dr. Katherine Crothall in 1996, had its initial public offering in May 2004 under the ticker symbol 'PUMP', and was ultimately acquired by Johnson & Johnson on February 18, 2006. The business is headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania and forms part of the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes franchise along with Lifescan and several other companies producing medical products for the treatment and management of diabetes.
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Cascade Microtech Cascade Microtech is a semiconductor test equipment manufacturer based in Beaverton in the Portland metropolitan area of the United States. Founded in 1983, the Oregon-based company employs nearly 400 people. Formerly publicly traded company as CSCD on the NASDAQ, the company is now a subsidiary of FormFactor.
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Pfister (firm) Pfister, formerly called Price Pfister until 2010, is a manufacturer of bathroom and lavatory faucets, shower systems, showerheads, and accessories and kitchen faucets and other plumbing fixtures. Emil Price and William Pfister founded the company in 1910. Today, Price Pfister is owned by Spectrum Brands Holdings Incorporated Hardware and Home Improvement Group.
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Pinnacle Systems Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based American manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets. The company was founded in 1986 by Ajay Chopra (CEO), Mirek Jiricka and Randall Moore.
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Simis Simis was a video game development company founded by Jonathan Newth, Chris Tubbs, Dave Payne and Ian Baverstock in 1989. In 1996 Simis merged with Eidos Technologies, Domark and Big Red Software to form the Eidos Interactive group.
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HP Indigo Division HP Indigo Division, is a company that was first developed and popularized as an Israeli company named Indigo Digital Press that was bought by Hewlett-Packard. It develops, manufactures and markets digital printing solutions, including printing presses, proprietary consumables and workflow. Founded in 1977, it was an independent company until it was acquired by HP in 2001. They have offices around the world, with headquarters in Nes Ziona, Israel.
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Galpharm International Galpharm International Ltd, who trade as "Galpharm Healthcare", are the UK's biggest supplier of non-prescription medicine. The company is based in Dodworth, Barnsley, England and sponsored the Galpharm Stadium in nearby Huddersfield. In January 2008, the company was acquired by The Perrigo Group for $86m. The company was founded in 1982 by Graham Leslie.
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Thompson and Morgan Thompson & Morgan is an independently-owned company based in Ipswich, Suffolk. Founded in 1855, Thompson and Morgan offer English plants, seeds and sundries worldwide through their websites. The U.S. division of the company was sold to Gardens Alive in 2009.
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ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany (often abbreviated TKMS) is a group and holding company of providers of naval vessels, surface ships and submarines. It was founded when large industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp acquired Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft on January 5, 2005.
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Rexnord Corporation Rexnord Corporation is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RXN). It was founded in 1891 by Christopher Levalley and incorporated in 1892 as the Chain Belt Company. It enjoyed "$67.5 million in profit and $1.9 billion in sales" in 2016.
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ADAC Laboratories ADAC Laboratories was a Silicon Valley medical device company that was acquired by Philips in 2000. ADAC specialized in nuclear medicine and nuclear imaging devices. It was founded in 1970 and in 1996, it was the recipient of a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award It was acquired by Philips for $426 million, and incorporated into Philips Medical Systems (later Philips Healthcare).