In the 1970s there was a change of title and constitution - the publishing company becoming known as Christopher Davies publishers and the printing company as Merlin Press, soon to be changed to Sales bury Press. This was a time of expansion and the company extended its production to publishing in English as well as in Welsh. At this time, too, modern printing techniques were introduced - the old hot-metal methods being replaced by computer type-setting, litho printing and modern bindery machinery, including facilities for producing paper-back editions being installed. This, too, was the era of
full-colour printing and some wonderful publications were produced such as Beibl y Plant. Another innovation was the printing of Llanelli News - a new weekly paper (not in existence today), and at this time there were about 30 people employed at Rawlings Road.
The building at Llandybie became too small to accommodate both companies and the publishing office was moved to Swansea. There was now a change of emphasis in the work produced at Llandybie, and in addition to book printing, commercial work was undertaken - anything from billheads, tickets and posters to company accounts and annual reports, magazines and local newspapers. For many years, too, Salesbury Press was responsible for printing the Official Programme for the annual National Eisteddfod - a tremendous achievement, and this continues today.
Sadly, Salesbury Pressceasel trading in 1985, but a number of its craftsmen with great courage banded together, and with assistance from Sir Alun Talfan Davies and others, set up the Dynevor Printing Company .( Gwasg Dinefwr). Since then their efforts have been rewarded by a fast-growing reputation for quality and dedication to service. Notable achievements have been the printing of the best-selling The Cold Moons, Carmarthenshire Homes (described by The Times as ". . . this beautifully produced book "), Nadolip, y Beirdd and the Illustrated History of Swansea. Another notable development is the production of high-quality full-colour greetings cards, and the company is now developing special techniques for the production of limited editions of pamtmgs.
Even though there have been many changes during the years since the company was first founded, the printing works at Rawlings Road is still, and always will be, referred to as Llyfrau'r Dryw.