The original W & G Baird Print works, Arthur Street, Belfast (1862).

Painted by Frank McKelvey and reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland. © Robert McKelvey

Group History

1862	W&G Baird Ltd founded at Arthur Street, Belfast

1961	Acquired by Thomson Printers

1967	Acquired by British Printing Corporation

1971	W&G Baird move to current Antrim site

1977	Roy Bailie leads management buy-out

1984	McCaw Stevenson & Orr Ltd & R.R. Browne Ltd acquired and re-formed as MSO Ltd

1989	Biddles Ltd acquired

1995	Blackstaff Press Ltd acquired Thanet Press Ltd acquired

2000	John Cleland Group acquired and amalgamated with MSO Ltd to form MSO Cleland Ltd. Corporate Document Services Ltd acquired

2002	MSO Cleland Ltd sold to an MBO team

2003	CTP Information Management Ltd acquired and integrated into CDS

2005	Biddles Ltd sold to an MBO team

2006	May – W & G Baird Ltd sold to an MBO team June – Newspress acquired