Acquisition Resources

Axis-Shield is planning to acquire Medinor, the Norwegian medical products distributor, for GBP 4.5m ... [more]

Foyle Meats' Hilton Food joint venture with RWM Food has acquired the processing and packaging business of Dutch retailer Albert Heijn, and plans to invest GBP 7m in the Amsterdam butchery. ... [more]

4Front Technologies is acquiring CVSI, the US computer consultancy, for GBP 16m. ... [more]

JSB Software Technologies is to buy the US internet access software business SurfWatch for GBP 18m. ... [more]

RPC has bought Cresstale, the supplier of lipstick containers, out of receivership for GBP 8m, securing 420 jobs at the Teesside plant.... [more]

Gladstone is to acquire Microcache, the supplier of software systems and membership cards to the leisure industry, for GBP 8m. ... [more]

Ryland Group is buying Corner Coventry, the Ford dealership, out of receivership for GBP 1.6m. ... [more]

Magna Exterior Systems, the Swindon-based provider of spray painting services to car manufacturers, has undergone a management buy-out and will be renamed Automotive Coatings. ... [more]

Webgrove Holdings has acquired Arnold Plastic Moulding Tools from Kettering-based Alumasc Group for undisclosed terms. ... [more]

Haden MacLellan is planning to sell its process engineering division to its US management, in order to focus on the manufacture and distribution of fasteners. ... [more]

Rolls-Royce is to acquire Vickers for GBP 576m in order to become a world leader in marine power systems. ... [more]

Doncaster Pharmaceuticals, the distributor of pharmaceutical products to retail chemists, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms. 18... [more]

S Lyles, the Dewsbury-based carpet yarn manufacturer, is to undergo a management buy-out in a GBP 3.6m deal. ... [more]

Close Brothers is set to acquire Warrior Group, the provider of financial services to the armed forces, for about GBP 21m. ... [more]

Intercare is acquiring European Pharmaceuticals from Groenwoudt Beheer of the Netherlands for GBP 25m, which will almost double its turnover.... [more]

First Choice has acquired Sunsail International, the operator of sailing holidays, for up to GBP 40m. ... [more]

Senior is acquiring the aerospace ducting division of Cork Industries for GBP 52m. ... [more]

Layton Blackham has acquired Chelmsford-based insurance broker Ford Loft Group for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to become the leading regional broker in the country. ... [more]

Addis, the Swansea-based houseware products company, is to be acquired by Emsa of Germany. ... [more]

British Steel is to acquire the rail manufacturing business of Usinor of France for GBP 83m. ... [more]