Rogers Printing history

When the press opened a limited-editions department in 1900, Rogers was put in charge and given responsibility and freedom to design and print fine books.

1901 The company is incorporated, with all stock owned by the Rogers family.

Although, only fourteen, Ralph B. Rogers began his printing and newspaper publishing apprenticeship in 1908.

In 1920, seven years after Knight Rogers died, his sister installed the first nonfamily member to run the business: Charles Ray, a seasoned executive who came from the Troy, New York-based Manning Paper Company.

In 1927 Rogers Paper was reincorporated in Massachusetts and taken public, the first step in removing direct involvement of the Rogers family after almost a century of control.

In 1936 the company sold its plant for $250,000 to Rogers, which continued to maintain three small manufacturing units in Manchester.

Rogers Printing Solutions, a family-owned business located in beautiful Winneconne, Wisconsin in the Fox River Valley, was established by the late C.O. Rogers in 1953.

Also of importance, the company had in 1960 gained a listing on the American Stock Exchange, providing a higher profile with investors. For example, in 1959 Rogers became involved in the mainframe computer market by developing a busbar, a laminated circuit that distributed power in IBM's new transistorized computer.

1960 Rogers is listed on the American Stock Exchange.

In 1966 Rogers acquired technology from Westinghouse Electric Corporation that would not have an immediate commercial impact but would one day be used in the development of flexible circuits that would be needed in increasing numbers in computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.

1970 Rogers opens the Lurie Research and Development Center at its headquarters in Rogers, Connecticut.

Another plant was acquired in Mesa, Arizona, in 1980, and a new production facility was added in France.

In March 1992 the Circuit Components Division plant in Tempe, Arizona, was sold.

The Power Distribution Division was sold to Method Electronics in 1994.

The Soladyne Division was sold at the end of 1995.

1996 Rogers acquires Bisco Products from the Dow Corning Corporation.

Sales dipped to $216 million and net income to $18.6 million in 2001.

2002 Rogers opens a manufacturing facility in China with expansions in operations in the ensuing years.

2004 A total of 65 percent of Rogers's sales are outside the United States.

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