Acquisitions News: December 2003

Fri, 05 Dec 2003: TT Electronics has acquired Optek Technology, the US-based sensor manufacturer, from The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation for £30m....
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Fri, 05 Dec 2003: Hawtin is to sell Spaform, the Portsmouth-based manufacturer of spa baths with 142 staff, to GW 745 for £4m....
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Fri, 05 Dec 2003: Comeleon is to acquire Tanfield Holdings, the Durham-based provider of manufacturing solutions with 178 staff, for £4.7m....
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Fri, 05 Dec 2003: TT Electronics has acquired Optek Technology, the US-based sensor manufacturer, from The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation for £30m....
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Fri, 05 Dec 2003: Hawtin is to sell Spaform, the Portsmouth-based manufacturer of spa baths with 142 staff, to GW 745 for £4m....
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Fri, 05 Dec 2003: Comeleon is to acquire Tanfield Holdings, the Durham-based provider of manufacturing solutions with 178 staff, for £4.7m....
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Fri, 05 Dec 2003: West Midlands automotive components group Wagon confirmed that it has decided to pull the plug on its stand-alone engineering consultancy services business in the UK. Warwick-based Wagon said the activities of the loss making business would either be sold, absorbed within its manufacturing operations or closed by the end of the financial year. The decision means Wagon has had to make a £2.2 million provision, which has been recorded as an exceptional ch...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Bibby Financial Services has acquired Abbey National's factoring business, which will involve the transfer of £32m worth of assets controll...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Angel Springs Holdings has been formed from the merger of the watercooler operations of Chiltern Hills, Angel Springs and SPA, and the new group will ...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Lastminute.com has acquired Med Hotels, the Woking-based hotel consolidator and package holiday reseller with 117 staff, for £16m....
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Ciro Citterio's administrators have agreed a rescue deal with the company's directors, securing the future of more than 60 of its 100 menswe...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Bibby Financial Services has acquired Abbey National's factoring business, which will involve the transfer of £32m worth of assets controll...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Cirio Del Monte, the troubled European food group, is to be broken up and sold. The first subsidiary to be put up for auction should be Del Monte'...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, is considering the sale of some of his key assets in a series of deals worth...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, the world's biggest maker of printing machinery, has launched a revamp of its businesses which will lead to the disp...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Spar, the German grocery store chain, has appointed Deutsche Bank, to sell its 1,100 Netto discount stores in Germany. The sale could be valued at $59...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: RAG, the German coal mining group, may sell its coal mining operations in the US, Australia and Venezuela as a possible alternative to a planned sale ...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Schlumberger, the world's largest provider of oil field services, has retained Deutsche Bank to find a buyer for one of its remaining information...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Johnson Matthey has put two thirds of its colours and coatings business up for sale to fund two acquisitions in its catalysts business. The unit is va...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2003: Industri Kapital is preparing to sell or float Oriflame Cosmetics in a move that could value the Swedish-based make-up and skincare products group at ...
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