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VICKS LITHOGRAPH & PRINTING company history timeline

1837

The family moved to Rochester in 1837, and Vick continued to work there as a printer in local newspaper offices.

1850

By the mid-1850’s, Vick sold these horticultural publications and began focusing all his energies on starting his own seed business.

1862

Vick’s Floral Guide and Catalog, first produced in 1862, proved to be the perfect outlet for his expertise as a printer, writer, publisher and gardener.

1894

Smith Richardson, the boy who inspired VapoRub’s creation in 1894, understood better than most that Vicks products needed to provide relief you can feel.

Vicks has helped relieve cold and cough symptoms for over 125 years. It started in 1894, when a young pharmacist named Lunsford Richardson opened a store in Greensboro, NC to address the needs of his community.…

1933

On July 22, 1933 Dwight and Mary had their only child, a son, Dwight "Duke" E. Vicks, Jr.

1957

Instructional video for applying VapoRub 1957

Duke returned home in 1957 for good after earning his MBA to eventually lead Vicks Litho.

Offset printing was just being introduced in 1957 and Duke saw this process was the future.

1977

The name of the printing press series comes from a company formed by Benny Landa in 1977 to develop the world’s fastest photocopier.

1993

In 1993 the world's first digital colour printing press was launched called Indigo.

2000

In 2000 the Hewlett Packard Company made a $100m investment in Indigo, which represented 13% of the company's outstanding shares.

2001

In 2001, the Vicks team dedicated its 30,000 sq. ft. addition to house its latest five unit heat-set web to Duke Vicks just as an earlier Vicks team recognized the merits of the company founder.

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