William Thyne

William Thynes began trading in 1871. They were lithography and letterpress printers based at Lochend Works, Marionville Road, Leith. By about 1955 the firm had outgrown its Leith premises and bought land at Sighthill where he built a new factory Langmuir Works.

In 1962 William Thyne (Holdings) bought R & R Clark Ltd. This is where George Bernard Shaw had all of his books printed. At about the same time the company started William Thyne (Plastics) Ltd. in Penicuik to make expanded polystyrene packing.

The firm stayed in the Thyne family until 1969 when the three operating companies were sold to Mardon Packaging.

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