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,
Rue de la Harpe la Juiverie"", ""rue de la Vielle Juiverie,"" ""vicus Cithare in Judearia"" (1247), ""vicus Judeorum"" (1257), ""vicus Harpe (1270)"", ""vicus Herpe"" ou ""vicus de Cithara"" (1254), and finally ""rue de la Herpe"" or ""Harpe."" Beyond Paris' 12th-century walls it became ""rue Neuve Outre la Porte Saint-Michel"" or simply the ""rue d'Énfer"" (literally "street of Hell"). In its section between the rue Saint-Séverin and the river was named: ""Vicus Reginaldi Citharatoris"" (1247), ""vicus Reginaldi dicti le Harpeur"" (1265), ""vicus Vetus Bouclearia"", ""vicus Vetus Judearia"", ""rue de la Vielle Boucherie"" (1272), ""rue de la Petite Bouclerie"" (1300), ""rue de l'Abreuvoir Mascon"" (1391), ""rue