CRC Press
{{Short description|American publishing group}}
{{distinguish|Collaborative Research Centres}}
{{infobox publisher
| image = 300px
| parent = Taylor & Francis
| founded = 1903 (as Chemical Rubber Company)
| founder =
| status = Active
| distribution = Worldwide
| topics = Technical textbooks (engineering, science, mathematics, business, information technology)
| country = United States
| headquarters = Boca Raton, Florida
| url = {{URL|crcpress.com}}
| imprints = Chapman & Hall, Productivity Press, Auerbach Publications{{cite web|title=Auerbach Publications|url=https://www.crcpress.com/go/auerbach_publications|access-date=27 September 2016}}
}}
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books. Many of their books relate to engineering, science and mathematics. Their scope also includes books on business, forensics and information technology. CRC Press is now a division of Taylor & Francis, itself a subsidiary of Informa.
History
The CRC Press was founded as the Chemical Rubber Company (CRC) in 1903 by brothers Arthur, Leo and Emanuel Friedman in Cleveland, Ohio, based on an earlier enterprise by Arthur, who had begun selling rubber laboratory aprons in 1900.{{Cite encyclopedia|title = Crc Press, Inc. |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |url = http://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CPI1|publisher =Case Western Reserve University|access-date = 2015-11-11}}{{Cite web|title = CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group |url = http://engineeringeducationsuppliersguide.com/Listing/Company/Reference_Materials__Resources/Conference_Proceedings/11564 |publisher = Engineering Education Suppliers Guide |access-date = 2015-11-11}} The company gradually expanded to include sales of laboratory equipment to chemists. In 1913 the CRC offered a short (116-page) manual called the Rubber Handbook as an incentive for any purchase of a dozen aprons. Since then the Rubber Handbook has evolved into the CRC's flagship book, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Another one of CRC's highly successful reference handbooks, CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, has sold over 2 million copies.{{cite web |last=Zwillinger |first=Daniel |title=Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae |website= mathtable.com |url=http://www.mathtable.com/smtf/ |access-date=2024-08-09}}
In 1964, Chemical Rubber decided to focus on its publishing ventures, and in 1973 the company changed its name to CRC Press, Inc, and exited the manufacturing business, spinning off that line as the Lab Apparatus Company.{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.crcpress.com/corphistory.asp |title=CRC Press Pioneers in Publishing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125113430/http://crcpress.com/corphistory.asp |archive-date=2009-01-25 |access-date=5 April 2009 |website=CRC Press Online }}
In 1986 CRC Press was bought by the Times Mirror Company.{{Cite news|title = Times Mirror to Buy Broadcasting Magazine and CRC|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-29-fi-16025-story.html|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|date = 1986-11-29|access-date = 2015-11-11|issn = 0458-3035|language = en-US|first1 = THOMAS B.|last1 = ROSENSTIEL|first2 = DAVID|last2 = CROOK}} Times Mirror began exploring the possibility of a sale of CRC Press in 1996, and in December announced the sale of CRC to Information Ventures.{{Cite news|title = Times Mirror Plans To Explore Options For Book Divisions|last = Rose|first = Frederick|date = 13 March 1996|work = The Wall Street Journal|publisher = Dow Jones & Company, Inc.|id = {{ProQuest|398469483}}}}{{Cite news|title = Times Mirror reorganization completed, Willes says|last = Millot|first = Jim|date = 16 December 1996|work = Publishers Weekly|publisher = PWxyz|id = {{ProQuest|196995160}}}} In 2003, CRC became part of Taylor & Francis, which in 2004 became part of the UK publisher Informa.{{Cite journal|title = Taylor & Francis to acquire CRC Press|date = 10 March 2003|journal = Publishers Weekly|publisher = PWxyz|issue = 10|volume = 250|id = {{ProQuest|197067794}}}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{oweb|http://www.crcpress.com/}} of CRC Press
{{Informa}}
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Category:Publishing companies established in 1903
Category:Book publishing companies of the United States