Acquisitions News | may | 1999

Fri, 28 May 1999: FKI is acquiring Industry General Corporation the US materials handling company that specialises in systems for the parcel delivery business for &poun...
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Fri, 28 May 1999: Cannons is to acquire Pinnacle Leisure the operator of 10 fitness clubs for £63m...
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Fri, 28 May 1999: Shanks & McEwan is to acquire Caird the waste management company for £51m and hopes to achieve big cost savings as the two companies have va...
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Fri, 28 May 1999: Charles Taylor is planning to acquire Tindall Riley the manager of mutual insurance associations but the price has not yet been finalised...
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Fri, 28 May 1999: Invensys is to acquire Marcam the US supplier of enterprise resource planning software for £38m...
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Thu, 27 May 1999: Salehurst the specialist paper supplier has announced a £22m management buy-out...
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Thu, 27 May 1999: Denby the manufacturer of glazed stoneware has announced a £40m management buy-out in response to falling retail demand and the strength of ster...
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Thu, 27 May 1999: Southern Cooper the Burnley-based law firm is to merge with Whittle & Whittaker to create a combined firm called Southerns with 60 staff...
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Wed, 26 May 1999: Whitbread has announced a £2.36bn agreed offer for Allied Domecq's pubs and off-licence business and the deal will be presented to Allied s...
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Wed, 26 May 1999: Cintex the developer of manufacturing inspection systems has been acquired by HSBC Private Equity for £38m...
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Wed, 26 May 1999: Polymasc Pharmaceuticals is to be acquired by Valentis the US drug delivery company in a £12m deal...
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Wed, 26 May 1999: Perkins Foods is to acquire two French chilled food companies - Fraisnor and Traditions d'Asie - for £13m in order to expand its European d...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: Lyndale Foods is acquiring Maison Blanc the patisserie company for £12m as part of a strategy to develop a national group of regional bakery cha...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: Quintain Estates & Development is acquiring Chesterfield Properties for £139m and has also announced the sale of the Curzon cinema chain and...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: Seton Scholl has announced a £1.5bn merger with London International Group to create an enlarged health care products group called SSL Internati...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: WH Smith is to acquire Hodder Headline the book publisher for £185m as part of a strategy to sell more books through own-label and proprietary b...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: Pearson has sold Jossey-Bass the US book publisher to John Wiley & Sons for $82m...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: FKI has agreed to acquire Crisplant Industries the Danish manufacturer of sorting systems for £187m...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: YJ Lovell is selling Lovell Partnerships to Morgan Sindall for £15m in order to invest the proceeds in its construction business and it will als...
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Tue, 25 May 1999: Christian Salvesen has acquired Gerposa the Spanish logistics company for £67m and is now in discussions to take control of a German business...
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Acquisitions News: May 1999