Acquisitions News in the Engineering sector

Fri, 02 Feb 2007: RPS is to acquire APA, the Canadian petroleum engineering consultancy with 30 staff, for £2.6m....
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Thu, 01 Feb 2007: Redhall Group has acquired Steels Engineering Services and Steels Engineering Design, including 80 staff at offices in Billingham and Reading, for &po...
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Wed, 17 Jan 2007: Intertek has acquired Umitek, which is based in Manchester and Aberdeen, for £10m and CB Iberica of Spain for £5.7m, in order to expand it...
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Tue, 16 Jan 2007: Smiths Group is to sell its London-based aerospace division, which has 11,500 staff and manufacturing facilities in five countries, to General Electri...
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Mon, 15 Jan 2007: Micon Components, the Sheffield-based engineering company with 15 staff, has undergone a management buy-out....
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Thu, 11 Jan 2007: Nylacast has sold its Leicester-based precision engineered components business, which employs 316 staff, to a management buy-out for more than £...
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007: HQ Engineering has been acquired by SBV Fabrications for undisclosed terms, securing the future of 49 of the 95 jobs at its Hartlepool-based machinery...
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Fri, 08 Dec 2006: Scott Wilson has acquired DGP, the Manchester-based consultancy with 180 staff, for up to £14.6m, as well as Cameron Taylor, the London-based co...
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Fri, 17 Nov 2006: In a bolt-on acquisition valued at some £11million, professional support services provider Mouchel Parkman has strengthened its position in the water utilities se...
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Tue, 17 Oct 2006: Minova, the Chipping Norton-based speciality chemicals company with 17 sites in ten countries, is to be acquired by Orica of Australia for £357m...
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Mon, 18 Sep 2006: Avingtrans is to acquire B&D Patterns, the Hinckley-based manufacturer of jet engine components with 155 staff, for up to £10m. Payment will...
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Wed, 06 Sep 2006: CTC Marine Projects, the Darlington-based marine trenching contractor, is to be acquired by DeepOcean ASA of Norway for £76m. The purchase price...
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Mon, 07 Aug 2006: Tomkins, the UK-listed engineering firm, could exit some commodity-based businesses in the automotive OE area, chief executive officer Jim Nicol said during 2006 interim results announcement today. ...
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Thu, 20 Jul 2006: RPS has acquired Burks Green, the Newark-based architectural firm with about 200 staff, as well as associated companies Basicshare and Martindale Hold...
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Tue, 23 May 2006: Amec's £680m sale of Spie, its French division, is likely to hasten the disposal of Amec's other two subsidiary businesses, it has bee...
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Tue, 23 May 2006: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) could allow BAA to split off its non-aviation assets. BAA has said it may look into this. This move has not been ...
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Tue, 11 Apr 2006: Keller Group is to acquire Phi Group, the excavation contractor with offices in Dunfermline, Harrogate and Cheltenham, for an initial £5m. Phi i...
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