Tullis Russell

Tullis Russell is a British paper manufacturing company, in Cheshire East, that produces all the paper for UK Royal Mail stamps, and also provides paper for other countries' postage stamps, and security paper.

Postage stamp with Tullis Russell paper in Slovenia

History

The company was founded in 1809 by Robert Tullis as R Tullis & Co. The company Coated Papers moved to Bollington in 1875. The company name changed to Tullis, Russell & Company Ltd on 21 May 1906.[1] Sir David Russell was a former managing director. The company's brand of paper was called Ivorex, and Ivorindex for card. The company joined the Employers' Federation of Paper and Board Makers in 1947. Tullis Russell bought Coated Papers in 1989.

On 17 February 2009, Anne, Princess Royal visited the Glenrothes site.[2] In April 2015, Tullis Russell Papermakers in Scotland collapsed.

Structure

Former factory in Glenrothes

It is headquartered in Bollington in Cheshire, off the B5090, east of the A523, and on the western edge of the Peak District.

It had a factory in Glenrothes, off the A92, which made paperboard. It is an employee-owned company.

Products

See also

  • Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI)
  • Rapid Data Systems, of Hampshire, which produced plastic credit cards

References

  1. ↑ Companies House
  2. ↑ Times, 18 February 2009
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