De La Rue had been regarded as the leading banknote paper manufacturer in the world, having manufactured banknote paper for the Bank of England since 1724. In 1997, De La Rue acquired Harrison and Sons, the stamp and banknote printers based in High Wycombe. The factory closed permanently in 2003. In early 2002, De La Rue took over ownership from Smurfit Diamond Packaging Corporation of Sequoia Voting Systems, a California-based company that was a large provider of electronic voting systems in the U.S., for U.S. $23 million. After losing money for three years in a business way out of the company's traditional lines,
L'Église de la rue Belliard 1973 to become "L’Église Protestante Bruxelles-Botanique". The church building on "rue Belliard" was sold in 1974 and a new building on "boulevard Bisschoffsheim" dedicated in 1977. Succession of pastors at "L’Église de la rue Belliard" L'Église de la rue Belliard L’Église de la rue Belliard was a Brussels-based evangelical Protestant congregation, started in 1837 when a group left the Temple de l'Observatoire Protestant church. "L’Église de la rue Belliard" originally met on "rue du Jeu de paume" under pastor Denis Lourde-Laplace, then on "24 rue Ducale" under the ministry of pastor Edouard Panchaud (1839–1862). In 1851 the congregation built an