After the Communist takeover in 1948 the company was nationalised, and in 1949 it ceased operation. The building and technology were handed over to a large state publisher "Knižní velkoobchod". After the Communist Party fell from power (1989) the now forgotten name "J. R. Vilímek " was picked up and misused during a privatisation scandal (known for participation of a Czech politician Miroslav Macek).