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In 1953, a second Royal typewriter factory was opened in Leiden, The Netherlands to accommodate worldwide demand. In July 1954, Royal merged with McBee, a leading manufacturer of accounting and statistical machines and supplies. In March 1965, Litton Industries acquired the Royal McBee Corporation. The company was reorganized into five divisions, which split Royal McBee into Royal Typewriter and McBee Systems. In October 1966, the Royal Typewriter division acquired the English typewriter company Imperial. In January 1969, Litton Industries also added the German typewriter manufacturer Triumph Adler to their Royal Typewriter division. Due to these recent acquisitions, the US government issued an anti-trust suit against Litton Industries, accusing them of forming a monopoly on the typewriter market. In March 1963, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that Litton had to divest itself of Triumph Adler. After Litton appealed, in April 1975, the FTC issued a ruling stating Litton could keep Triumph Adler. In March 1979, as part of an attempt to diversify, Volkswagen announced an intention to acquire a 55% stake in Triumph Adler, which also included Royal Typewriter. In April 1986, Olivetti announced plans to purchase Royal and Triumph Adler from Volkswagen. In September 2004, after nearly two decades of being part of Olivetti, Royal became a private company for the first time since 1954. Today, Royal Consumer Information Products, Inc. manufactures a wide range of modern office equipment.