De La Rue 1968, but this was rejected by the Monopolies commission as being against the public interest. In 1991 the company's name was changed again – this time to "De La Rue plc". In 1965 De La Rue established a joint venture with the Italian printer and inventor Gualtiero Giori called De La Rue Giori. Based in Switzerland, the company specialized in building banknote printing equipment. The company printed banknotes for the Central Bank of Iran during the 1960s. In 1995, the company acquired Portals Limited which had been listed on the London stock market since 1904. For almost 300 years Portals
Rue de la Harpe Neuve Mâcon"" or ""rue de l'Abreuvoir Mâcon"" (1401), ""rue de l'Abreuvoir Mâcon"" or ""rue Neuve Saint-Michel"" (1409), ""rue Neuve du pont Saint-Michel"" or ""de la Bouclerie"" (1406), ""rue de la Grant Bouclerie"" (1405), ""rue Neuve Saint-Michel"" (1469) and ""rue de la Vielle Bouclerie"". In 1800, Joseph Fouché, the Parisian chief of police, supposedly documented a series of murders undertaken by a barber and baker on this street. They are often cited as the first serial killers, and also it is argued that the pair were a significant influence in the famous story of the barber Sweeney Todd of Fleet Street,