sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message crc press parent company taylor & francis status active founded 1973 as a publishing house country of origin united states headquarters location boca raton florida distribution worldwide nonfiction topics non fiction technical books engineering science mathematics business and information technology imprints chapman & hall productivity press auerbach publications 1 official website www.crcpress.com the crc press llc is a 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 . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the crc press was originally 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 . 2 3 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 . 3 4 since then the rubber handbook has evolved into the crc s flagship book the crc handbook of chemistry and physics . 4 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 . 2 4 in 1986 crc press was bought by the times mirror company . 5 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 6 7 in 2003 crc became part of taylor & francis which in 2004 became part of the uk publisher informa . 4 8 see also edit chapman & hall references edit auerbach publications . retrieved 27 september 2016 . a b encyclopedia of cleveland history crc press inc. . ech.case.edu . retrieved 2015 11 11 . a b crc press taylor & francis group engineering education suppliers guide . engineeringeducationsuppliersguide.com . retrieved 2015 11 11 . a b c d crc press pioneers in publishing accessed 5 april 2009 . rosenstiel thomas b. ; crook david 1986 11 29 . times mirror to buy broadcasting magazine and crc . los angeles times . issn 0458 3035 . retrieved 2015 11 11 . rose frederick 13 march 1996 . times mirror plans to explore options for book divisions . the wall street journal . dow jones & company inc. retrieved 11 september 2015 via proquest . subscription required help . millot jim 16 december 1996 . times mirror reorganization completed willes says . publishers weekly . pwxyz llc . retrieved 11 november 2015 via proquest . subscription required help . taylor & francis to acquire crc press . publishers weekly . pwxyz llc . 250 10 . 10 march 2003 . retrieved 11 november 2015 via proquest . subscription required help . external links edit crc press website v t e informa plc taylor & francis crc press focal press garland science psychology press routledge journals informa healthcare scrip world pharmaceutical news informa business information informa maritime lloyd s miu lloyd s list lloyd s list intelligence lloyd s maritime academy washington policy & analysis informa professional lloyd s law reports trademark world patent world banking technology insurance day cpdcast informa cargo information international freighting weekly containerisation international agra informa f.o.licht the public ledger other biotechniques datamonitor light reading informa financial information informa research services informa investment solutions informa global markets international insider informa australia publishing lloyd s list australia australian journal of mining australian bulk handling review earthmover & civil contractor rail express conferences & exhibitions iir australia australian exhibitions and conferences international mining & metals lloyd s list australia events ajm events training iir executive development informa telecoms & media mobile communications international informa yacht group monaco yacht show superyacht cup informa canada fan expo canada dallas comic con megacon conferences adam smith conferences euroforum ibc icbi iir informa exhibitions authority control worldcat identities viaf 132516674 gnd 2174009 4 sudoc 033930805 bnf cb12473789t data retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crc press & oldid 741495749 categories publishing companies established in 1973book publishing companies of the united statespublishing companies of the united statescompanies based in boca raton florida1973 establishments in floridahidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentarticles lacking reliable references from january 2015all articles lacking reliable referenceswikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with gnd identifierswikipedia articles with bnf identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch fran aisnederlandsportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 21 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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