Business Sale Acquisitions News in the Manufacturing sector

Fri, 27 Jul 2007: SKF has signed an agreement with the British company Edwards Limited to acquire its subsidiary S2M, the world's leading company in magnetic bearings. SKF had already earlier 12% of the share capital in...
[more: Sweden's SKF acquires S2M for €55m]

Wed, 14 Feb 2007: Pentland, the private UK-based footwear business, would welcome contact from investment banks and private equity firms concerning its financial option...
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Fri, 09 Feb 2007: Halma has acquired Labsphere, the US manufacturer of light testing and measurement products, from X-Rite for £7m....
[more: Halma has acquired Labsphere, the US man...]

Fri, 09 Feb 2007: Imperial Tobacco is to acquire Commonwealth Brands, the US cigarette manufacturer with 720 staff, from Houchens Industries for £974m....
[more: Imperial Tobacco is to acquire Commonwea...]

Fri, 09 Feb 2007: Bernstein Group, the Bolton-based kitchen manufacturer, has been acquired by regional buy-out fund Endless, but the Kitchen Studio direct sales subsid...
[more: Bernstein Group, the Bolton-based kitche...]

Wed, 07 Feb 2007: Havelock Europa is to acquire Stage Systems, the Loughborough-based educational furniture manufacturer, for £3.5m....
[more: Havelock Europa is to acquire Stage Syst...]

Tue, 06 Feb 2007: BBA Aviation has acquired Commercial Aircraft Products, the US manufacturer of hydraulic system components, for an initial £2.9m....
[more: BBA Aviation has acquired Commercial Air...]

Tue, 06 Feb 2007: Treforest Glass, the Pontypridd-based glass products company with 29 staff, has been acquired by a private investor....
[more: Treforest Glass, the Pontypridd-based gl...]

Thu, 01 Feb 2007: Corus, the steel manufacturer with 24,000 staff in Port Talbot, Rotherham and North Lincolnshire, has been acquired by Tata Steel of India for £...
[more: Corus, the steel manufacturer with 24,00...]

Mon, 15 Jan 2007: Wolfson Microelectronics has acquired Oligon, the Edinburgh-based semiconductors company, for up to £2.9m....
[more: Wolfson Microelectronics has acquired Ol...]

Fri, 12 Jan 2007: Nicholl Food Packaging, the Cannock-based foil packaging manufacturer with 176 staff, has been acquired by US investment firm Audax Group for an estim...
[more: Nicholl Food Packaging]

Tue, 09 Jan 2007: Enodis has acquired Fabristeel, the Singapore-based manufacturer of catering equipment, for £15m....
[more: Enodis has acquired Fabristeel, the Sing...]

Tue, 09 Jan 2007: B3 Cable Solutions has bought the Irish cable manufacturing business of ABB, which employs 140 staff in Co Longford, for undisclosed terms, and is now...
[more: B3 Cable Solutions has bought the Irish ...]

Thu, 21 Dec 2006: Dennis Eagle, the Warwick-based refuse truck manufacturer with 580 staff at eight sites, has been acquired by Ros Roca of Spain for an estimated &poun...
[more: Dennis Eagle]

Mon, 06 Nov 2006: Biotechnology company Kiotech International PLC has acquired Agil, the animal feed additives division of Lawrence PLC in a reverse takeover for £...
[more: Agil]

Thu, 02 Nov 2006: Hill & Smith has acquired Metnor Galvanizing, the Chesterfield-based provider of galvanizing and related services, for £6.5m. The annual tur...
[more: Metnor Galvanizing]

Wed, 18 Oct 2006: Ashtead Group has acquired Lux Traffic Controls, the Wiltshire-based supplier of traffic control systems with a nationwide network of 44 depots, for &...
[more: Lux Traffic Controls]

Tue, 03 Oct 2006: Chemring has acquired BDL Systems, the Poole-based manufacturer of radio frequency initiators and electronic countermeasure equipment, for £9m. ...
[more: BDL Systems]

Tue, 12 Sep 2006: Schneider Electric has acquired GET Group, the electrical accessories manufacturer with sites in London, Birmingham and Glasgow, for £44m. Schne...
[more: GET Group]

Fri, 23 Jun 2006: European Colour, the Stockport-based pigments supplier, is to be acquired by a newly-formed company called Pochteca for £2.6m. Pochteca is a spe...
[more: European Colour]