Linotype & Machinery Company Limited was the product of a merger between the Linotype Company Limited, originally registered as a company in 1889 and the Machinery Trust Limited registered in 1893. The Linotype Co Ltd was responsible for manufacturing the composing machines initially at a converted mill on Hulme Street, Manchester from 1889 onwards. The Machinery Trust Ltd acted as agents either selling or leasing the composing machines to printers. Eventually the two companies merged, 11th August 1903.

1928: 9 Kingsway, London WC2