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,
Gervais de La Rue d'Agriculture de Caen", and in other periodical collections, he published separately "Essais historiques sur les Bardes, les Jongleurs, et les Trouvères normands et anglo-normands" (3 vols., 1834), and "Recherches historiques sur la Prairie de Caen" (1837); and after his death appeared "Mémoires historiques sur le palinod de Caen" (1841), "Recherches sur la tapisserie de Bayeux" (1841), and "Nouveaux Essais historiques sur la ville de Caen" (1842). In all his writings, he displayed a strong partiality for everything Norman, and rated the Norman influence on French and English literature as of the very highest moment. Gervais de La Rue Gervais de