Acquisition Resources

Carter & Carter, the automotive manufacturing training company, has been placed into administration after three profit warnings.The profit warnings followed the death of Phillip Carter, the company's ... [more]

GE Energy, a division of General Electric, will sell its power station, Baglan Bay, later on this year. GE Energy UK's new managing director, Magued Eldaief, said the improved market conditions expect... [more]

The JDS Group, an interior specialist company based in Faringdon, near Oxford, went into administration last week, leaving 350 employees redundant. The company has been in business since 1984 and was ... [more]

Keating Group Ltd, the cylinder producer based on Bromfield Industrial Estate in Mold, Wales, went into administration after a bank had changed their minds about releasing vital funds to the company.... [more]

Glanbia, which employs about 400 people at its Roscrea factories in Ireland, confirmed recently that it has entered into negotiations that may lead to a sale of the meats business. The sale is no surp... [more]

Jaycare, a leading North-East packaging company went into administration recently.... [more]

Sandtoft Roof Tiles Ltd, the UK’s largest independent roof tile manufacturer and Wienerberger, the world’s largest producer of bricks and the number two in clay tiles in Europe, have agreed to join fo... [more]

Chemring Group PLC has announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Richmond Electronics & Engineering Limited from a private individual for a total consideration of £11m.... [more]

Visteon Corporation has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding outlining the understanding and status of discussions regarding the sale of its Swansea, United Kingdom operation to Linamar Co... [more]

Aga Foodservice Group plc has announced that it has entered into a conditional agreement to sell Aga Foodservice Equipment, its commercial foodservice and bakery equipment business, to Ali SpA, the ma... [more]

Eleksen Group plc, the world leader in touch sensitive interactive textiles for electronics interface design, is now to be put up for sale after appointing administrators. ... [more]

Avery Weigh-Tronix, the West-Midlands based manufacturer of industrial scales and weighing equipment, has announced its intention to sell its food retail weighing business, Avery Berkel, in order to f... [more]

Atmel Corporation has announced that it has entered into separate agreements with TSMC and Highbridge Business Park Limited for the sale of its eight-inch wafer fabrication equipment and related prope... [more]

Retraction- The Business Sale Report has been informed by a company spokesperson that Avon Rubber p.l.c. has not, as was previously reported in our November issue, announced plans to sell its Avon Pro... [more]

MacFarlane Group, the manufacturers and suppliers of cardboard, plastic and bespoke packaging, is looking to sell off non-core divisions of its manufacturing business in order to concentrate on its su... [more]

British Polythene Industries PLC has announced the acquisition of the AT Films business of AT Plastics Inc (Canada), a subsidiary company of Celanese Corporation, for a cash consideration of $12m subj... [more]

The Boards of Sky and Amstrad have announced that they have agreed the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by Sky Digital Supplies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sky, for the entire issued and... [more]

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 i... [more]

Metso Paper has acquired Bender Holdings Limited and its subsidiary companies in the UK to further strengthen its aftermarket business. ... [more]

INEOS Group today announced that it has agreed to set up a Joint Venture with LANXESS, the German chemicals and polymers group, through which it is to take over the operation of the LANXESS ABS plasti... [more]