Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals 2014 - Company News Summary

Cell Therapy Catapult is to build a £55m cell therapy manufacturing centre at the Stevenage Bioscience campus, with the creation of 150 jobs.
17-Dec-2014

Midatech is to relocate its medical laboratory from Kidlington to its Milton Park site near Abingdon next year, with the creation of up to ten jobs.
15-Dec-2014

DE Pharmaceuticals is planning to expand its Tyneside-based wholesaling business with new distribution centres across the country, with the creation of 80 jobs.
03-Dec-2014

Farrow & Ball, the Dorset-based paint manufacturer, has been acquired by US-based private equity fund Areas Management.
02-Dec-2014

Cambrian Alliance has acquired CAMRx, the Leicestershire-based pharmacy buying group, for undisclosed terms.
27-Nov-2014

PMC Pharmaceuticals is planning to expand its Cramlington-based wholesaling operation, with the creation of 25 jobs over the next two years.
26-Nov-2014

AGC Chemicals Europe is to invest up to £8m in the development of a thermal treatment plant at its site in Lancashire.
25-Nov-2014

Catalent has acquired Micron Technologies, the Kent-based particle-size engineering technology firm with 100 staff, for undisclosed terms.
18-Nov-2014

Chester Medical Solutions is planning a £2m expansion at its Wirral-based pharmaceutical contract packing warehouse by next April, with the creation of 20 jobs.
12-Nov-2014

Neal's Yard Remedies has won planning permission to expand its health products factory in Dorset, with the creation of 50 jobs.
10-Nov-2014

Babraham Institute has won permission to expand its science innovation centre in Cambridge by 100,000 sq ft.
10-Nov-2014

Christeyns UK is planning to expand its Bradford-based chemicals facility with an additional 50,000 sq ft of production and warehouse space.
05-Nov-2014

SOG Group has acquired Sanofi's former 17-acre site in Dagenham, and will transform it into a life sciences business park called Londoneast-uk.
05-Nov-2014

Pentagon Chemicals, the chemicals manufacturer with 180 staff in Widnes and Workington, has been acquired by Vertellus for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2014

Solvents with Safety, the Doncaster-based supplier of solvents with 35 staff, has been acquired by Tradebe.
04-Nov-2014

Reckitt Benckiser has unveiled details of its proposed 13,000 sq ft centre of excellence for consumer health products due to open in Hull by 2018.
29-Oct-2014

Elekta Oncology has unveiled plans to open a new centre of excellence for 900 staff in Crawley in 2017.
22-Oct-2014

Oxford BioMedica is planning to expand the workforce at its Oxford-based gene and cell therapy business from 120 to 150 by the middle of next year.
20-Oct-2014

Redx Pharma has demerged its Redag Crop Protection agrochemicals business, which will create 20 research jobs at Alderley Park in Cheshire.
15-Oct-2014

Parexel is to relocate its Nottingham-based pharmaceuticals research business to a 62,000 sq ft office at Castle Wharf.
14-Oct-2014

Unilever has won permission to set up a £24m Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Port Sunlight by 2016.
30-Sep-2014

Consort Medical is to acquire Aesica Holdco, the Northumberland-based contract pharmaceuticals manufacturer, for £230m.
30-Sep-2014

Adaptimmune has secured funding of £64m to expand its Didcot-based pharmaceuticals research business, with the creation of 50 jobs.
30-Sep-2014

Reinnervate, the County Durham-based cell culture research firm, has been acquired by Reprocell of Japan for £2.5m.
30-Sep-2014

University of Liverpool is to proceed with plans to develop a £20m 60,000 sq ft Bio Innovation Hub on Crowne Street.
30-Sep-2014

PZ Cussons has acquired a 6,000 sq ft office for its personal healthcare international project team at Airport City in Manchester.
29-Sep-2014

Chiesi is to relocate its Manchester-based pharmaceuticals business to an 18,500 sq ft unit at the South Manchester business park.
29-Sep-2014

GlaxoSmithKline has won permission from South Lakeland Council to build a pharmaceuticals plant in Ulverston by 2021, with the creation of 250 jobs.
29-Sep-2014

Crest Medical is to relocate to a 100,000 sq ft warehouse at Chesford Grange in Warrington.
24-Sep-2014

Biotec Services, the Bridgend-based provider of clinical trial services, has been acquired by US-based PCI for undisclosed terms.
22-Sep-2014

Pharmacells is to create 12 new jobs at its Glasgow-based life sciences business, following its acquisition by Precious Cells.
17-Sep-2014

University of Manchester has unveiled plans to develop a £60m Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre, in addition to the previously-announced National Graphene Institute.
11-Sep-2014

Cytori Therapeutics of the US is relocating the European headquarters of its cell therapy business from Switzerland to Flintshire, with the creation of 30 jobs.
04-Sep-2014

SPS Technologies has acquired KG Coating, the Wrexham-based aluminium and polymer coatings manufacturer, for £2.3m.
01-Sep-2014

Nova Laboratories is to expand the spray drying facilities at its Leicester-based pharmaceuticals plant, with the creation of up to 20 jobs.
21-Aug-2014

Hematogenix is to create up to 50 jobs at a new molecular services facility at Manchester Science Parks over the next three years.
19-Aug-2014

Bristol Laboratories is to set up a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant at the former Reckitt Benckiser site in Peterlee, with the creation of 300 jobs.
18-Aug-2014

Almac is to invest £54m in the expansion of its Craigavon-based pharmaceuticals manufacturing business, with the creation of 348 jobs.
18-Aug-2014

SABIC is planning to upgrade its 223-acre Cracker chemical plant on Teesside to take shale gas by 2016, securing the future of hundreds of jobs.
18-Aug-2014

Shire has acquired the trading assets of SCM Pharma, securing the future of 80 jobs at its Northumberland-based pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.
14-Aug-2014

Oxford University has won planning approval to build a disease research Big Data Institute for 600 staff in Headington, funded with £20m from the Li Ka Shing Foundation.
13-Aug-2014

Peckforton, the Crewe-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer, has been acquired by Abbey Pharma in a deal supported by a £2m investment from Business Growth Fund.
12-Aug-2014

Cat Tech Europe is seeking permission to expand its catalyst handling office and warehouse in Scunthorpe, with the creation of ten jobs.
11-Aug-2014

Reckitt Benckiser is to invest £100m in a new household products research and development centre in Hull by 2018, securing 1,200 jobs.
04-Aug-2014

MedPharm is to expand the laboratory and office space at its pharmaceuticals research facility in Guildford, with the creation of up to 15 jobs.
24-Jul-2014

Ineos has secured £230m of government support to build an import terminal and ethane store at Grangemouth, securing the future of thousands of jobs.
17-Jul-2014

Wildacre Cosmetics is to create up to ten finance, technical and warehouse jobs at its contract manufacturing facility in Bingley.
16-Jul-2014

Shire, the Basingstoke-based pharmaceuticals company, is to be acquired by US-based AbbVie for £31bn.
15-Jul-2014

Centre for Process Innovation has unveiled plans to open a £20m medical research centre at its site in Darlington by 2017, with the creation of 20 jobs.
14-Jul-2014

ALH Systems, the Wiltshire-based adhesives manufacturer with 37 staff, has been acquired by Indutrade of Sweden.
14-Jul-2014

ProStrakan has acquired Archimedes Pharma, the Reading-based pharmaceuticals supplier, for £230m.
14-Jul-2014

Randox Laboratories is to recruit an additional 50 staff at its Antrim-based medical tests business by September.
14-Jul-2014

Cipla of India is to invest up to £100m in the UK, in order to support the development of a range of respiratory, oncology and antiretroviral medicines.
09-Jul-2014

D2N2 has announced funding of £6.5m to develop a new 50,000 sq ft building at the BioCity life sciences centre in Nottingham, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
08-Jul-2014

Concept Life Sciences is creating a new Manchester-based analytical testing group with 550 staff, following the acquisition of Peakdale Molecular, Resource & Environmental Consultants and Scientific Analysis Laboratories.
08-Jul-2014

Barrier Group is planning to build a new £1.8m coatings factory and office in Wallsend by 2015, with the creation of 30 jobs.
01-Jul-2014

Surepharm Services is investing £3.6m in a new packaging line at its pharmaceuticals factory in Burton.
30-Jun-2014

Simbec Research is to merge with Orion Clinical Services to create an enlarged clinical research group with 250 staff.
23-Jun-2014

Thornton & Ross of Huddersfield has acquired the Flexitol skin treatment brand from LaCorium Health for undisclosed terms.
18-Jun-2014

Actavis is to invest £6m in the expansion of its Barnstaple-based pharmaceutical manufacturing business.
17-Jun-2014

Premaitha Health, the Manchester-based molecular diagnostics firm, is to undergo a £10m reverse takeover by ViaLogy.
16-Jun-2014

Almac is to create 20 jobs at its pharmaceutical services business in Craigavon.
09-Jun-2014

Adaptimmune is to expand the 30-strong workforce at its Abingdon-based biotechnology business with 40 new jobs by the end of the year.
05-Jun-2014

Exco InTouch is planning to expand the 40-strong workforce at its Nottingham-based clinical trials business with at least ten new jobs.
04-Jun-2014

DCC Healthcare has acquired Williams Medical, the South Wales-based supplier of pharmaceuticals with 165 staff, for £45m.
03-Jun-2014

Euprotec, the Manchester-based biotechnology firm, has been acquired by Evotec of Germany for undisclosed terms.
29-May-2014

Nova Laboratories is to expand the 200-strong workforce at its Leicester-based pharmaceuticals plant with about 60 new jobs over the next five years.
27-May-2014

Bee Health is creating up to 50 jobs at its factory in Bridlington, having installed new machinery to manufacture soft gel capsules.
27-May-2014

Estee Lauder Cosmetics has confirmed plans to set up a 144,000 sq ft headquarters at 1 Fitzroy Place in London in 2015.
21-May-2014

GlaxoSmithKline has won approval for the £100m expansion of its pharmaceuticals plant in Worthing by 2017.
19-May-2014

GlaxoSmithKline is to submit plans for a £25m pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturing plant at its site in Montrose, with the creation of 25 jobs.
13-May-2014

Hematogenix, the US diagnostics firm, is to set up a European headquarters at the BioHub in Alderley Park, with the creation of up to 15 jobs.
13-May-2014

Christeyns UK has acquired Cole & Wilson, the Huddersfield-based dry cleaning chemicals manufacturer.
07-May-2014

Randox has bought the assets of Trimega Laboratories out of administration, including a 6,500 sq ft forensic toxicology laboratory in Manchester.
06-May-2014

The University of Dundee has secured a £8m Scottish Government investment to set up a new drug screening laboratory.
01-May-2014

Perrigo UK is to invest £10m in improvements to the manufacturing and packaging equipment at its medicine plants in Braunton, Barnsley and Leeds over the next three years.
30-Apr-2014

Cleveland Potash is to expand the Boulby Mine in North Yorkshire to produce Polyhalite, having won government approval for a £4.9m grant.
24-Apr-2014

Mawdsleys has expanded its Salford-based pharmaceuticals distribution business with the acquisition of an additional 14,000 sq ft warehouse at Houston Park.
24-Apr-2014

Lucideon is investing £1.5m in new pharmaceutical testing laboratories at its Stoke-based materials technology business.
24-Apr-2014

GlaxoSmithKline is to sell its oncology products business to Novartis for £8.6bn, and will acquire Novartis' vaccines business for £4.2bn.
23-Apr-2014

UK Inks, the St Helens-based printing ink manufacturer with 11 staff, has been sold out of administration by SFP.
16-Apr-2014

Elekta is to expand its Crawley-based clinical solutions business with the £4.2m acquisition of an adjacent site at Manor Royal.
09-Apr-2014

Amber Chemicals, the Somerset-based silicones manufacturer, has been acquired by US-based ICM Products.
07-Apr-2014

University of Bath is to invest £53m in two new buildings with laboratories, research and studio space.
02-Apr-2014

Retroscreen Virology is setting up a drug trials laboratory at Chesterford Research Park in Essex.
24-Mar-2014

CSA Group is to set up a 27,000 sq ft Sira Certification testing facility at the Hawarden Business Park in Flintshire in 2015, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
20-Mar-2014

Manchester Science Parks has acquired the 400-acre Alderley Park life sciences research site in Cheshire from AstraZeneca, securing the future of about 700 jobs.
13-Mar-2014

Interserve has won a £38m contract to build a pharmaceutical research laboratory at the Centre for Process Innovation in Darlington by March 2015.
12-Mar-2014

Proteus Digital Health of the US is planning to set up a UK factory to manufacture ingestible pharmaceutical sensors, with the creation of 200 jobs.
11-Mar-2014

Verona Pharma is to relocate its pharmaceuticals research business from London to Cardiff, having raised £14m in a share placing.
10-Mar-2014

Retroscreen Virology has acquired Activiomics, the London-based proteomics company, for up to £4m.
05-Mar-2014

Venn Life Sciences is to acquire the Wetherby-based skin research business of Evocutis for £0.2m.
27-Feb-2014

Elucigene Diagnostics has bought the Manchester-based genetic testing kits division of Gen-Probe for undisclosed terms.
26-Feb-2014

Impreglon UK has acquired Optical Coating Technologies, the Tamworth-based manufacturer of industrial coatings, for undisclosed terms.
20-Feb-2014

Universal Products, the Lancashire-based beauty products manufacturer with 250 staff, has been acquired by DCC of Ireland for £13m.
20-Feb-2014

Broadway Colours is to relocate its Suffolk-based polymer colours factory to a larger 90,000 sq ft site in Halesworth this summer.
17-Feb-2014

UDG Healthcare is to sell its Northumberland-based Specials Laboratory, as well as Craig & Hayward and Arjun Products, to Professional Compounding Centers of America for £23m.
13-Feb-2014

UPS has acquired Polar Speed, the Bedfordshire-based provider of pharmaceutical supply chain services with 118 vehicles.
13-Feb-2014

James Briggs, the aerosol and chemicals manufacturer, is investing £1.5m in a new 10,000 sq ft commercial office and laboratory in Oldham.
11-Feb-2014

Aromatherapy Associates, the London-based cosmetics supplier with 60 staff, has been acquired by B&B Investment Partners for an estimated £20m.
10-Feb-2014

The Scottish Funding Council has awarded £10m to support the creation of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, which could create up to 1,500 jobs.
06-Feb-2014

Brenntag UK is to develop a new hydrochloric acid storage facility with a capacity of more than 2,000 tonnes at Seal Sands on Teesside.
04-Feb-2014

Francis Dinsmore is investing £1m in the expansion of its Antrim-based textile coatings plant, with the creation of 16 jobs.
03-Feb-2014

Grotech Production is to expand its Goole-based agrochemicals packing plant from 9,000 sq ft to 28,000 sq ft by July.
22-Jan-2014

Itac has acquired Delvemade, creating a combined Manchester-based adhesives group with 36 staff.
16-Jan-2014

Medvance, the Selby-based clinical research company, has been acquired by US-based NAMSA.
15-Jan-2014

Estee Lauder, the cosmetics firm, is considering sites in London's Fitzroy Place and the Strand for a new 80,000 sq ft office.
13-Jan-2014

Swansea University is to set up a £2.5m coatings research centre by 2015, with the creation of 40 jobs, as part of a government investment in 19 centres for doctoral training.
13-Jan-2014

Sherwin-Williams, the US coatings supplier, is to set up a new 10,000 sq ft European headquarters at Manchester Airport's Voyager building, with the creation of 60 jobs.
07-Jan-2014