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Engineering - 2000
Abbeycrest has acquired Brown & Newirth, the designer and manufacturer of wedding rings, for £4.7m.
22-Dec-2000
United Utilities is to buy the non-regulated water supply and waste water operations of Hyder from Western Power Distribution for £75m, allowing WPD to focus on Hyder's power business.
22-Dec-2000
Marconi is to sell Woods Air Movement to Compass Capital Partners for £53m, and has also announced the acquisition of the Telit Networks mobile radio business in Italy for £11m.
22-Dec-2000
Highland Galvanisers is planning to build a £3m galvanising and powder coating factory at Cumbernauld by August 2001, and a preferred bidder for the contract will be announced next month.
21-Dec-2000
Bredero Price Coaters is to create 220 jobs in Leith to carry out pipeline work on a North Sea contract.
20-Dec-2000
Derbyshire County Council is to install solar-powered lights in its bus shelters.
19-Dec-2000
Slenderella is planning to double its 12-strong workforce in Belper over the next year due to rising demand for its garments.
19-Dec-2000
Racal Survey is planning to set up a new £5m base next to Aberdeen Airport to provide satellite positioning services for the offshore oil industry, and its local workforce will grow from 140 to 170.
19-Dec-2000
Verilab, the newly-formed semiconductor engineering consultancy, is planning to create up to 20 jobs next year.
19-Dec-2000
City Technology has bought Marconi Applied Technology, the Chelmsford-based gas sensors business, for £4.3m and is transferring the work to its Portsmouth site.
18-Dec-2000
Rentokil Initial has sold its Initial GWS mobile crane business to Ainscough for about £10m, which is expected to lead to the closure of the GWS head office in Stockton.
18-Dec-2000
Coats Viyella is to acquire the industrial sewing thread operation of Dollfus Mieg of France for undisclosed terms.
18-Dec-2000
MacKellar Engineering is to create 28 jobs at a new fabrication workshop in Grantown-on-Spey to produce components for sub-sea wellhead systems and offshore installations.
15-Dec-2000
William Baird is negotiating a £88m management buy-out with the support of venture capital group Alchemy Partners.
15-Dec-2000
Bodycote International is to acquire Lindberg, the US heat treatment company, for £70m.
15-Dec-2000
Woo One Corporation is to create 300 jobs in Hartlepool, having won a contract to produce microwave oven doors for Samsung.
13-Dec-2000
Aerospace Systems & Technologies is being bought out of receivership by Celtic Aerospace Ventures, saving 200 jobs in Consett.
13-Dec-2000
ABCO Engineering Hydraulics has bought the franchise and assets of Pirtek Lincolnshire, the on-site hose replacement specialist, for undisclosed terms.
12-Dec-2000
Imperial Tobacco has bought the Mayfair cigarette vending business from TM Group for £38m.
12-Dec-2000
Hymatic, the cryogenics and aerospace engineer, has undergone a £53m management buy-out.
12-Dec-2000
McLeod Russel is to acquire Luwa, the manufacturer of filters for ultra-clean applications, from Zellweger of Switzerland for £18m.
12-Dec-2000
Alenia Marconi is to recruit 50 new staff in Chelmsford having won a £260m contract to supply the tracking radar for the Royal Navy's Seawolf missile system.
11-Dec-2000
Royal Brierley Crystal, the glassmaker, is being bought out of receivership by a management team for undisclosed terms.
08-Dec-2000
Carclo has acquired Alan Group, the Horsham-based precision tooling and moulding company, for £6.9m.
07-Dec-2000
Belleek Pottery is to create 50 jobs in Fermanagh, in a £2.5m investment that will increase production and expand exports.
06-Dec-2000
Wyko is to acquire Lilleshall, the distributor of fasteners, for about £20m.
06-Dec-2000
Brooks Service Group, the linen rental and services company, is to undergo a £26m management buy-out.
06-Dec-2000
Heller Machine Tools is planning to double the output at its Redditch factory, with the creation of 32 jobs for assembly fitters.
05-Dec-2000
Wellman Graham is planning to relocate its heavy engineering business to Oldbury by March 2001, with the loss of up to 80 jobs in Gloucester.
05-Dec-2000
Coats Viyella has sold its contract clothing business to management for £12m, thereby preventing the lossmaking division from being closed with the loss of 3,000 jobs.
05-Dec-2000
Cobham is to acquire an electronic fuel systems business from BAe Systems for £64m, in order to expand its flight refuelling subsidiary.
05-Dec-2000
Martin International has raised £3.7m from the sale of an equity stake to a privately-owned Hong Kong company, in order to fund the expansion of its textiles business into the US and Japanese markets.
04-Dec-2000
William Baird is selling its BMB menswear business to a management team for £19m.
04-Dec-2000
Glen Dimplex has agreed to acquire Stoves, the Preston-based cooker manufacturer, for £12m.
04-Dec-2000
Nomura International is to acquire Hyder Business Services, the supplier of business process outsourcing services to local authorities, from Hyder for £100m.
29-Nov-2000
Marconi is planning to recruit a further 200 engineers and factory staff at its Applied Technologies business in Chelmsford.
27-Nov-2000
Dodd Group is to create 25 new jobs in King's Lynn, having won a £4m contract from a gas supply company to build and install telemetry information panels at 1,500 locations around the UK.
24-Nov-2000
Scapa is looking to spend up to £150m on acquisitions to expand its technical tapes business, and is particularly interested in North America and Europe.
24-Nov-2000
Delta is planning to sell the holding company of its United Power electrical equipment business to Danaher of the US for £70m.
23-Nov-2000
British Wool Marketing Board is to set up a new depot at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle next year, with the creation of 30 jobs.
22-Nov-2000
Trifast is to open a £2m industrial fastenings plant in Wednesbury next April with the creation of 50 jobs, and is setting up distribution facilities in Mexico and Hungary and a manufacturing base in central Europe.
22-Nov-2000
Symphony Group is to set up a £2.5m distribution centre next to its furniture factory in Templeborough, Rotherham, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
21-Nov-2000
Fibre Reinforced Products has been acquired by Conder Products of Hampshire, which will lead to the creation of 35 new jobs at its glass reinforced products factory in Peterlee.
20-Nov-2000
Frederick Cooper has sold its Latham hinge and locks business in Wolverhampton to Basta of Ireland for £1.5m.
17-Nov-2000
Aldridge Fabrications is to create a further 50 jobs at its two manufacturing sites in Birkenhead and Prenton, having won a number of roof support contracts for mines in the UK and abroad.
17-Nov-2000
McDonald Engineering has been bought out of receivership by Europe Steelcraft of Sheffield, saving about 100 jobs.
17-Nov-2000
Hydra Tools International's mining division has been bought out of receivership by a management team for undisclosed terms.
17-Nov-2000
Chubb is to acquire BBR Security, the South African provider of electronic security services, for £51m.
17-Nov-2000
Quality Machining Services is creating 50 new jobs in Arbroath as part of a £7.6m investment programme, due to rising demand for equipment for the oil industry.
16-Nov-2000
BBA has acquired Aircraft Service International Group, the US aviation services company based in Florida, for £106m.
16-Nov-2000
Georgian Carpets is planning to close its factory in Kidderminster with the loss of about 60 jobs, in order to relocate production to another site in Kendal.
15-Nov-2000
IMI has sold its Australian plumbing and heating operations to GSA Group for £9m.
14-Nov-2000
Invertek Drives is to expand its electric motor drives factory near Welshpool with the creation of up to 30 jobs over the next three years.
13-Nov-2000
SP Systems, the supplier of composite materials to the marine, wind energy and automotive markets, has been sold by Zoltek of the US to a management buy-out for £50m.
13-Nov-2000
Brammer is to acquire a 51% stake in Handel Freudenberg, the German industrial components distributor, for £15m, and has an option to buy the remaining stake in 2003.
13-Nov-2000
Sanderson Kayser, the Sheffield-based tool and die works, is being sold by Timken of the US to a management buy-in team, and the business will be renamed Sanderson Special Steels.
10-Nov-2000
ABM, the Widnes-based manufacturing process automation company, has acquired Control Systems & Services for undisclosed terms.
06-Nov-2000
Welsh Water is to be acquired by a consortium of companies and local authorities operating under the name of Glas Cymru Cyfyngedig in a £2.4bn deal.
06-Nov-2000
ACW Technology is planning to recruit up to 100 more people over the next 12 months for a new circuit board production line in Hampshire, having formed an alliance with Tandberg Television of Hedge End.
03-Nov-2000
Barclays Private Equity has acquired CRP, the Lancashire-based manufacturer of subsea cable equipment, in a £120m deal.
03-Nov-2000
OyezStraker is to acquire Stat-Plus, the distributor of office supplies, for £18m.
03-Nov-2000
Raleigh is planning to relocate its bicycle factory and 600 employees to a new £14m site at Bulwell in Nottingham.
02-Nov-2000
Silentnight has acquired Ducal, the Andover-based wooden furniture manufacturer, for £15m.
02-Nov-2000
Smiths Industries is to sell Lambda Advanced Analog, its US electric power controls business, to International Rectifier Corp for £12m.
01-Nov-2000
Humax is to invest a further £2m at its set-top boxes factory in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, with the creation of 38 jobs.
31-Oct-2000
Yelo, the Carrickfergus-based manufacturer of electronics testing equipment, has been acquired by Mindready Solutions of Canada for undisclosed terms.
30-Oct-2000
Hatt Kitchens, the Kidderminster-based kitchen factory that has just gone into receivership, has agreed a management buy-out that will save more than 60 jobs.
27-Oct-2000
Chloride is seeking acquisitions to expand its power protection business, and is particularly interested in the US.
27-Oct-2000
Ascot is to sell four engineering businesses - WDS, Flotform, Mitchell Cotts Transmissions and Peter Stubbs - to two management buy-out teams for a total of £46m, in order to focus on chemicals.
24-Oct-2000
Darenth, the vending machine manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out and is now planning to expand production at its Sheffield factory.
20-Oct-2000
The Isle of Man Parliament has approved plans for the construction of a £43m waste incinerator at Braddan.
20-Oct-2000
GKN is to buy a military aircraft fuselage and wing parts factory in St Louis, Missouri, from Boeing for £44m, and has also announced plans to create a new Aerospace Services subsidiary and cut the number of plants from 11 to seven.
20-Oct-2000
Wiremold is to close its electrical products factory in Brierley Hill, which employs 110 people, and relocate production to West Bromwich and Scarborough.
19-Oct-2000
Thyssen Engineering has set up a new fabrication workshop in Scunthorpe, where it expects to create up to 50 jobs.
19-Oct-2000
Fullmen is seeking permission to expand its engineering business on Canvey Island, with the creation of 20 new jobs.
18-Oct-2000
NDT Services, the nuclear and aero industry inspection company, is planning to open new testing laboratories in France and the Czech Republic, and may also set up a number of branches around the UK.
17-Oct-2000
Orbit Precision Machinery is planning to create 30 new jobs over the next two years following an investment in a new hi-tech machining centre at its site in Wantage.
17-Oct-2000
Newell Window Fashions, the manufacturer of curtain accessories, has opened a new warehouse and distribution centre in Tamworth, with the creation of 60 jobs.
17-Oct-2000
Peter Miles Engineering has opened a new factory at Tyldesley, near Manchester, to produce spirit levels, with the creation of 35 jobs.
17-Oct-2000
Achilles Group of Abingdon has raised £12m in a share issue in order to expand its internet marketplace for the utilities sector, and is preparing to move to a new headquarters with space for 165 staff.
16-Oct-2000
Stratos Lightwave is seeking 50 new staff at its fibre optics factory in Haverhill, Suffolk, following a big increase in demand.
16-Oct-2000
Frank Usher is to sell its women's evening wear business to management for £6.9m, in order to transform itself into a cash shell called Avingtrans.
16-Oct-2000
Silentnight is to acquire Cornwell Parker, the fabrics and furniture group, for £23m.
16-Oct-2000
General Domestic Appliances is to invest £18m at its Hotpoint washing machine factory near Rhyl, in order to automate all stages of production and secure 1,000 jobs.
16-Oct-2000
KV Rollers is planning a £0.9m extension at its rubber rollers factory in Cwmbran, with the creation of 10 new jobs.
12-Oct-2000
Morgan Crucible is selling Emblem Group, the manufacturer of computing devices for the defence sector, to a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
12-Oct-2000
Pell Frischmann has bought the water treatment process technology business of BG Technology for undisclosed terms.
12-Oct-2000
Nutec has announced plans for the £1m expansion of its offshore safety and survival training centre in Aberdeen, including a second training tank and additional classroom space.
11-Oct-2000
University of Glamorgan's UGCS health and safety operation has been acquired in a management buy-out, securing 30 jobs, and will trade as Corporate Health & Safety Solutions.
11-Oct-2000
Oxford Instruments has bought Austin Scientific, the US manufacturer of cryopumps and cryogenic coolers, for £4m.
10-Oct-2000
Chloride is to sell CEN Electronics, its battery charger division, to management for £3.1m, in order to focus on its core power protection business.
10-Oct-2000
Birkin International is recruiting 10 new staff at its lace factory in Borrowash, following the recent closure of its Nottingham site.
09-Oct-2000
Cookson is to invest £3.8m at its Vesuvius refractory plant in Sheepbridge with the creation of 60 jobs, while plants at Kings Cliffe near Peterborough and Manuel near Linlithgow will be closed.
09-Oct-2000
Tomkins has sold its UK and US lawnmower operations to Summersong Investment of China for £151m, and the businesses sold include Hayter in Hertfordshire.
09-Oct-2000
Servelec, the control and automation systems company, has been acquired by CSE Group of Singapore for £16m.
06-Oct-2000
West Sussex County Council is considering four potential sites to build incinerators to burn the county's waste.
05-Oct-2000
Waterford Wedgwood is creating 140 new jobs at plants in Hanley and Tunstall, having won a £4m contract to produce tableware products for Williams-Sonoma of the US.
04-Oct-2000
Goring Kerr is to relocate a weighing machine factory from Shoreham, Sussex, to a plant in Parma, Italy.
03-Oct-2000
TI Group is planning to acquire Impervia, the French aerospace sealings company, for £10m.
03-Oct-2000
Chloride is to acquire SAED, the French supplier of power protection equipment, for £12m.
03-Oct-2000
Severn Trent is looking to fill 150 vacancies at its new water supply call centre in Derby.
02-Oct-2000
Toshiba is launching a new Midlands division to provide printer, copier and fax systems through its Electronic Imaging Solutions subsidiary, which will involve the creation of 35 jobs at a new office in Aldridge.
02-Oct-2000
The Welsh Development Agency is planning to invest £50m in Welsh companies, in order to broaden the skill base of workers and increase its focus on knowledge industries.
02-Oct-2000
Sony is planning to relocate the manufacture of a number of consumer electronics products from Japan to Europe in order to avoid currency fluctuations, and will seek an alliance with a European semiconductor company.
02-Oct-2000
Utilitec, the supplier of equipment to the water industry, is to undergo a £13m management buy-out.
29-Sep-2000
Time Products has raised £9m from the sale of its Judith Leiber handbag manufacturing business.
29-Sep-2000
Smiths Industries is to acquire Fairchild Defense, the US aerospace components company, from Orbital Sciences for £69m.
28-Sep-2000
Telemetrix is acquiring ICT Electronics, the Spanish manufacturer of testing equipment, for £19m.
28-Sep-2000
Thames Water is to be acquired by RWE for £4.3bn, as part of a strategy by the German company to create a pan-European multi-utility group.
26-Sep-2000
BAe Systems has completed the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Control Systems for £349m, and expects to complete the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Aerospace Electronics Systems by the end of the year.
26-Sep-2000
Advantage West Midlands has announced that Bidcom, the US engineering, building and e-business services company, is to set up a UK headquarters in Rugby, with the creation of 125 jobs over the next three years.
26-Sep-2000
Mettis Group has acquired High Duty Alloys of Redditch for £42m, in order to strengthen its position in the market for aerospace forgings.
26-Sep-2000
Parsons Brinckerhoff, the US rail engineering group, is considering plans to set up an office in Derby with the creation of 30 jobs, and is also looking at Bristol and Croydon.
26-Sep-2000
Sony is to create 300 jobs in Basingstoke with the £10m redevelopment of its television equipment factory, which will involve converting a warehouse into offices and adding cafes, a shop and fitness centre.
26-Sep-2000
BAe Systems has announced plans to expand its Broughton factory in north Wales with the creation of 1,700 jobs, in order to build wings for the new Airbus.
25-Sep-2000
Cornwell Parker, the furniture and fabrics company, is planning to expand its North American sales by setting up an office in the US.
25-Sep-2000
Lewis C Grant, the Kirkcaldy-based manufacturer of sheet metal enclosure systems, has been acquired by Segerstrom & Svensson of Sweden for £20m, which is expected to lead to the expansion of its 340-strong workforce.
22-Sep-2000
Glen Dimplex has acquired Faber of the Netherlands, as part of a strategy to become a leading player in the global market for gas fires and domestic room heaters.
22-Sep-2000
Weidlinger Associates, the US engineering consultancy, is to create 20 jobs over the next five years at its new European headquarters in Dunfermline.
21-Sep-2000
Leicester City Council has announced plans to build a £200m waste recycling centre by 2004, and will select a site in the next few weeks.
20-Sep-2000
Strainstall Engineering Services, the provider of load measurement and stress analysis services, has undergone a £1.5m management buy-out from parent company TT Group.
20-Sep-2000
Westover Technology Group, the manufacturer of electronic sensors, has been bought out of receivership by Surrey-based Arcolectric Holdings.
20-Sep-2000
Yearntree is to invest £2.3m at its office stationery factory in Newport, with the creation of 44 jobs.
20-Sep-2000
Weatherite is installing new manufacturing equipment worth more than £1m at its Cradley Heath factory, having won a £36m contract to supply air conditioning equipment to British Telecom telephone exchanges.
20-Sep-2000
Stenmar of Aberdeen has acquired Sonavision, the developer of underwater sonar products, for undisclosed terms, and the two companies will move to larger premises in Bridge of Don.
19-Sep-2000
Smiths Industries is to acquire TI Group for £1.77bn, which will expand its aerospace division and give it a new sealing solutions division.
19-Sep-2000
Invensys is to sell its pneumatics business to Parker Hannifin of the US for £27m.
19-Sep-2000
HL Engineering has bought Engineering Diamonds and MA Engineering of Coventry, to create a combined group employing 50 staff in the supply of components to the automotive and defence industries.
18-Sep-2000
James Gilbert, the manufacturer of rugby balls, has been sold to a management buy-in team for £11m.
18-Sep-2000
Halma has acquired Wessex Electronics, the manufacturer of equipment to reduce leakage in the water industry, for £2m.
15-Sep-2000
Integriti Solutions has acquired InterCorr International, the US corrosion testing and research company, for undisclosed terms.
15-Sep-2000
Dunlop Slazenger is planning to expand its tennis balls factory in Barnsley, with the creation of 50 jobs, in order to combine its European manufacturing operations onto one site.
15-Sep-2000
Sirdar has acquired Ryalux, the carpet manufacturer, for £25m, and has also announced the sale of its lossmaking Eversure Textiles division.
15-Sep-2000
Hi-Tec Sports, the footwear manufacturer, is to undergo a £16m management buy-out.
15-Sep-2000
Ash & Lacy, the metals engineer, has accepted a £69m takeover bid from Hill & Smith, but a higher offer is expected from Metnor.
14-Sep-2000
Dyson is to invest £13m in the expansion of its vacuum cleaner factory in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
14-Sep-2000
Andaray Engineering, the Gateshead-based manufacturer of industrial nuts and bolts, is considering plans to relocate 40 jobs and part of its production line to Yorkshire, following the acquisition of Sheffield-based firm Cooper & Turner.
13-Sep-2000
Infranor, the Swiss-owned engineering company, is to relocate from Horsham to South Hykeham in Lincolnshire next year, as part of a consolidation that will close sales offices in Harrogate and Bury-St-Edmunds.
11-Sep-2000
Multi Metals, the Belshill-based aluminium stockholder, has undergone a £5m management buy-out.
11-Sep-2000
Invensys is to shed 34 of the 360 jobs at its Hawker Energy Storage industrial battery factory in Tameside, in order to relocate the manufacture of monobloc batteries to eastern Europe.
11-Sep-2000
Monitor Audio is creating 15 new jobs following the relocation of its stereo speakers manufacturing facility to a new site in Rayleigh, Essex.
07-Sep-2000
FG Wilson is creating up to 500 new jobs over the next three years, as part of a £27m investment at its diesel generator factories in Larne, Newtownabbey and west Belfast.
07-Sep-2000
Gallaher is to invest £40m at its recently-acquired Liggett-Ducat business in Russia, in order to increase production to 65bn cigarettes a year.
07-Sep-2000
Anglo Pacific is planning to develop a 40-acre reserve of industrial talcum near Lerwick in Shetland, and expand production at its marble mine in Ledmore, Sutherland.
06-Sep-2000
Walker Greenbank is selling its John Perry and Cole & Son wallpaper operations to a new company called Karen Beauchamp for about £3m.
06-Sep-2000
Express Engineering is planning to recruit more than 100 workers at its special-purpose equipment factory in Gateshead over the next two years, following a £5m investment.
05-Sep-2000
Ercol is planning to relocate its furniture factory from High Wycombe to Princes Risborough next year, as part of a £20m investment.
04-Sep-2000
Bilston & Battersea Enamels, the ceramics company, is to undergo a £3.5m management buy-out.
04-Sep-2000
Enbray Cooper has launched a recruitment drive at its new factory in Workington to cope with rising demand for electricity meter components.
31-Aug-2000
AI Group has acquired the mechanical components operation of Stafford-based Alstom T&D Protection & Control for about £2m, which will involve the transfer of 150 staff.
31-Aug-2000
Corus is to invest £35m in the relining of a blast furnace at its Llanwern steel plant, which should secure the future of the site.
31-Aug-2000
Rentokil Initial is acquiring Tru-Green Interior Plantcare, the US tropical plants business, for £30m.
31-Aug-2000
West of Scotland Water has awarded a £100m contract to Gleeson to build a water treatment plant at Loch Katrine.
31-Aug-2000
Sigma 3 is to create about 20 jobs at showrooms in Cardiff and Swansea, having won the franchise rights for the supply of Ripples bathrooms in Wales.
30-Aug-2000
British Mohair, the textile and engineering company, has agreed a £21m takeover offer from Camellia Investments.
30-Aug-2000
Tandem Group is to acquire Pot Black, the snooker table company, and Two Wheel trading, the distributor of bicycle accessories, for a total £1.6m.
30-Aug-2000
IMI has acquired Flow Design, the US manufacturer of flow control products, for £14m.
29-Aug-2000
Sherman Cooper, the shirt manufacturer, has undergone a £120m management buy-out with the backing of venture capitalist 3i.
28-Aug-2000
Interlube Systems of Plymouth has undergone a management buy-out from Invensys, and plans to create up to 30 skilled engineering jobs.
28-Aug-2000
Madison Filter has acquired Southwestern Wire Cloth of the US for £25m, to create a global industrial screening and separation business.
28-Aug-2000
Billiton has announced a £1.4bn agreed takeover offer for Rio Algom, the Canadian mining group, in order to increase its share of the world copper market.
28-Aug-2000
Qualceram of Ireland is to acquire Shires, the sanitary ware company, for £34m, and the business will be renamed Qualceram Shires.
28-Aug-2000
Magnex Scientific is planning to build a 50,000 sq ft magnet manufacturing plant at Yarnton in Oxfordshire, with the creation of 20 new jobs.
25-Aug-2000
Vacuum Generators is to extend its vacuum equipment factory near Hastings with the creation of 30 jobs.
25-Aug-2000
Luxfer is to sell the bulk of its remaining aluminium operations to Alcoa of the US for £182m, and the proceeds will be spent on acquisitions to increase its focus on gas cylinders, zirconia products and magnesium alloys.
25-Aug-2000
Domnick Hunter is planning to create 100 new jobs over the next year at its industrial filter factories in the North East.
24-Aug-2000
Filtronic is to acquire Sigtek, the US developer of high-speed digital signal processing, for an initial £13m.
24-Aug-2000
Finder, the Staffordshire-based supplier of relays and timers made by its parent company in Italy, is planning to create 20 new jobs following its recent relocation to larger premises at the Stone Business Park.
23-Aug-2000
Mitre Furnishing Group is planning to create up to 67 jobs at a new household textiles factory in Merthyr Tydfil.
22-Aug-2000
Galgon of the US is planning a £1.4m expansion at its electronics design and manufacturing facility in Glenrothes, with the creation of 50 new jobs.
22-Aug-2000
Powell Duffryn has acquired Norba, the Finnish manufacturer of parts for refuse vehicles, for £7m.
22-Aug-2000
Optokem has set up a new optronics laboratory at the St Asaph Business Park in Denbighshire, and plans to create up to 20 jobs.
17-Aug-2000
Hyder, the Welsh utility, is expected to be acquired by Western Power Distribution of the US for £565m, as the Takeover Panel has dismissed an attempt by Nomura to stop the deal.
17-Aug-2000
Duke Street Capital has announced a £50m deal to acquire a 51% stake in Hertfordshire-based waste management group Wastepack, and plans to develop up to eight new plastics recycling factories across the country.
16-Aug-2000
East of Scotland Water is supporting plans from the National Engineering Laboratory to develop a supply of recycled water from the Clyde and Forth and Union canals for low-grade manufacturing use.
16-Aug-2000
Pressac is to acquire Smith & Sons (Scotland), the plastic mouldings company, for up to £24m.
16-Aug-2000
Camber International, the Leicester-based textile machinery manufacturer, has been bought out of administration by Falmac of Singapore, safeguarding 39 jobs.
11-Aug-2000
Rolls-Royce is forming a £44m joint venture with Chromalloy Gas Turbine that will create 340 jobs at a new turbine components facility in Annesley, although most of the jobs will be staff relocating from factories at Somercotes and Eastwood.
10-Aug-2000
Data Marine Systems, the Aberdeen-based supplier of satellite technology to offshore oil and gas platforms, is being acquired by Schlumberger for undisclosed terms.
10-Aug-2000
IMI has acquired Robimatic, the supplier of plumbing products, for up to £19m.
09-Aug-2000
North Yorkshire County Council is planning to set up a new landfill waste management site at Tancred, adjacent to the existing Yorwaste operation in Scorton.
09-Aug-2000
Laird has acquired Instrument Specialities Company, the US manufacturer of electromagnetic interference shields, for £172m, and is now looking to sell off its automotive businesses.
08-Aug-2000
Sita has acquired City Waste, the Birmingham-based commercial waste-disposal company, for undisclosed terms.
08-Aug-2000
Waterford Wedgwood is planning to acquire Hutschenreuther, the German porcelain and giftware brand, and will transfer production to its existing Rosenthal factories.
08-Aug-2000
Derby Plastics, the Ripley-based plastic products factory, has been acquired by Machall Investments for £1m, and the business will be expanded to create 30 new jobs over the next year.
08-Aug-2000
Lincat is expanding its cooking equipment factory in Lincoln with the creation of 18 new jobs.
08-Aug-2000
GKN has acquired Nissan Motor's driveline factory in Japan for £56m, giving it a 15% share of the Japanese market.
07-Aug-2000
McKechnie, the aerospace and engineering company, is to undergo a £434m management buy-out with the support of the Cinven venture capital group.
07-Aug-2000
Wedeco UV Systems, the Sudbury-based water disinfection company, is planning to set up a new factory and headquarters at the Chilton Industrial Estate.
07-Aug-2000
Arena-Walsall is seeking permission to expand its West Bromwich fabrications factory with the creation of 245 jobs.
07-Aug-2000
First Technology is to acquire Capteur Sensors and Analysers, the manufacturer of gas sensors, for £9.4m.
03-Aug-2000
Dunlop Oil & Marine, the Grimsby-based manufacturer of hoses and pipelines, has been acquired by Phoenix AG of Germany for undisclosed terms.
03-Aug-2000
Royal Doulton is planning to relocate its headquarters and 280 staff from Minton House in Stoke to a new office complex and factory shop at Etruria Valley.
03-Aug-2000
Locate in Scotland has announced that up to 50 jobs are being created in Fife at a recently-launched engineering company called Stone Manganese Marine Services.
03-Aug-2000
Limelight, the kitchens and bathrooms supplier, is planning a £57m management buy-out.
01-Aug-2000
Silvertech is planning to create 14 new jobs at its control and safety systems business in Aberdeen, and will relocate its accounts staff from Horsham and increase its office space at the Aberdeen Science and Technology Park.
01-Aug-2000
Glynwed has acquired Mono, the Swansea-based bakery equipment manufacturer, in a deal thought to be worth more than £11m.
27-Jul-2000
H Roberts & Son, the Leicester-based supplier of precision measuring equipment, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
25-Jul-2000
Standard Engineering, the Leicester-based shoe machinery specialist, has acquired rival Whitfield Wylie for undisclosed terms.
24-Jul-2000
Eurocopy has acquired Apex Business Products, the Warrington-based photocopier and fax supplier, for £0.6m.
24-Jul-2000
Wilshaw is to sell its steel powders business to Hoganas for £8m, and the proceeds are expected to be used for acquisitions.
21-Jul-2000
Industrial Control Services, the manufacturer of safety and control systems, is to be acquired by venture capitalist Alchemy for a nominal fee, in order to avoid insolvency.
21-Jul-2000
J&J Dyson has acquired Acme Marls, the kiln equipment company, for £1.9m, and plans to consolidate its business onto the Acme Marls site in Tunstall by the end of next year with an unspecified number of redundancies.
21-Jul-2000
Umeco has acquired Richmond Aircraft Products of the US from MA Hanna for £24m.
20-Jul-2000
Maldon District Council has approved plans from Essex & Suffolk Water for the development of a water recycling plant at Langford.
18-Jul-2000
The University of Aberdeen is to submit plans to build a new £8.9m environmental research centre on a site in Old Aberdeen.
17-Jul-2000
Pland Stainless, the Leeds-based manufacturer of steel fittings, has undergone a management buy-out, securing 37 jobs.
17-Jul-2000
BAe Systems has reached agreement to acquire Lockheed Martin's aerospace electronics business for £1.1bn, and the deal is expected to be completed later this year.
14-Jul-2000
BAe Systems Airbus UK is looking to recruit up to 300 engineers in Derby, Bristol, Portsmouth and other engineering centres, in order to manufacture wings for the new Airbus superjumbo.
14-Jul-2000
Anglian Water is setting up a new company called H2go, in order to offer water, waste and recycling services to large companies outside its operating region.
13-Jul-2000
Linn Products is to expand its home entertainment systems factory in Glasgow, with the creation of 50 jobs.
13-Jul-2000
Collis Engineering is looking to recruit 30 fabricators and welders at its railway engineering factory in Alfreston, and expects to double in size over the next three years to 200 employees.
12-Jul-2000
Medisys is planning to start production of its Futura safety syringe this year, having won approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
11-Jul-2000
Wade Furniture Group has sold its consumer division to JDP Furniture for undisclosed terms, which will involve the transfer of 850 staff.
11-Jul-2000
Waste Recycling Group is to open a new £2m recycling centre in Haverhill later this month.
11-Jul-2000
ASW is selling its 86% stake in SAM, its French wire rods subsidiary, for £82m, in order to focus on its UK plants in Cardiff and Sheerness.
10-Jul-2000
Courtaulds Textiles has sold Christy, the Cheshire-based towels business, to management for £15m.
10-Jul-2000
South West Water has won the go-ahead to build a £22m sewage treatment works at Kieve Mill near Camborne.
10-Jul-2000
AEA Technology is to build a new 32,000 sq ft office and training facility at the Harwell International Business Centre, in order to expand its engineering software business.
10-Jul-2000
NXT has raised £28m in a share placing in order to fund the development of new technologies, such as speech synthesis.
05-Jul-2000
Yorkshire Water has appointed Gleeson to build its western area wastewater schemes, in a £75m five-year programme.
05-Jul-2000
Duracell is to increase production at its batteries factory in Wrexham, and its workforce will double to 110.
05-Jul-2000
Longbore, the US horizontal drilling specialist, is investing £3m in a new facility in Livingston with the creation of 30 jobs.
05-Jul-2000
Balfour Beatty is planning to acquire Integral Technologies, the US developer of security and surveillance technology, for up to £33m, in order to increase the capabilities of its Andover Controls business.
04-Jul-2000
Charterhouse Group, the corporate clothing manufacturer, is to relocate its warehousing and headquarters from Mountsorrel and Hathern in Leicestershire to Castle Donington in August.
04-Jul-2000
J&J Dyson is acquiring Acme Marls of Stoke-on-Trent for £1.9m, in order to become one of the world's leading manufacturers of kiln equipment.
03-Jul-2000
The Welsh Development Agency has announced that Carneagle Furniture of Ireland is to set a £2.7m pine furniture factory in Caernarfon, with the creation of 60 jobs.
30-Jun-2000
North East Lincolnshire Council is to consider plans for the development of a £20m waste treatment plant in Stallingborough, which would create 20 jobs.
29-Jun-2000
Clyde Marine, the Glasgow-based manufacturer of boating equipment, is to sell its Simpson Lawrence UK distribution business to Dorset-based Sowester for £4m, which will involve the transfer of 90 employees.
29-Jun-2000
Shinei Sangyo, the Singapore-based manufacturer of precision tools, is to set up a European headquarters in Livingston, with the creation of 80 jobs.
29-Jun-2000
Munster Simms Engineering is investing £1.6m at Bangor, Northern Ireland, to produce plumbing systems for boats and caravans, with the creation of 25 jobs over the next three years.
28-Jun-2000
Oxford Instruments is looking to recruit 80 new staff at its superconductivity subsidiary near Abingdon, including 40 specialist engineers and 40 manufacturing technicians.
27-Jun-2000
Stead McAlpin is to invest £6.2m in new machinery at its textile printing mill in Cummersdale near Carlisle, while the warehouse will be moved from Cummersdale to Kingmoor Park.
27-Jun-2000
Baldor, the US electric motor specialist, is setting up a new European headquarters in Bristol with the creation of 25 jobs.
27-Jun-2000
Lumination, the light fittings manufacturer, is being acquired by Steeple for £28m.
26-Jun-2000
Optical Coating Laboratory is planning a £2m expansion at its Dalgety Bay opto-electronics plant in Fife, with the creation of up to 200 jobs.
26-Jun-2000
Platignum, the Royston-based pen manufacturer, has been acquired by Universal Writing Instruments of Italy for undisclosed terms.
26-Jun-2000
The National Assembly for Wales is to help fund a new factory being set up in Bangor by Cycle Citi of Taiwan, which will produce up to 350,000 units a year and create 160 jobs.
23-Jun-2000
CTC Marine Projects is relocating its undersea cable installation and maintenance business from Middlesbrough to Darlington, where it expects to create up to 200 jobs.
23-Jun-2000
Crown Eyeglass, the Aim-listed spectacles company, is to undergo a £1.4m management buy-out.
23-Jun-2000
Trifast, the industrial fastenings company, is planning to set up a £0.25m warehouse and office complex somewhere in the Midlands.
21-Jun-2000
Rentokil Initial is acquiring Bilger Schwenk, the German textile service company, for £40m, and has also announced six smaller acquisitions in Belgium, Australia, Hong Kong and the US.
20-Jun-2000
Impact Fork Lifts, the Immingham-based Toyota forklift dealer, has been bought by Saficon Industrial Equipment of South Africa, and a £16m expansion programme will result in more depots being opened across the country.
20-Jun-2000
Kelda is planning to sell Yorkshire Water's physical assets to a customer-owned mutual company for about £2.4bn, in order to help it finance a large investment programme.
15-Jun-2000
Berisford has acquired Merrychef, the manufacturer of commercial microwave ovens, for £17m.
15-Jun-2000
APW is creating a further 80 jobs its factory in Dundee, which produces sheet metal and mechanical and electronic assemblies.
15-Jun-2000
WF Electrical, the electrical products distributor, is to be acquired by Hagemeyer of the Netherlands for £85m.
14-Jun-2000
Corus is to close its steel operation in Brierley Hill and relocate the 38 jobs to Wednesfield, while 28 jobs will be axed at its distribution centre in Blackburn.
14-Jun-2000
Rentokil Initial is selling its international container business to Yardbrace for £75m and its US personnel services business to an equity investor for £43m.
13-Jun-2000
Blackburn Starling, the Nottingham-based manufacturer of motor control units, is creating 50 new jobs following a £1.5m investment programme to increase capacity.
13-Jun-2000
Duke Street Capital has bought a £15m majority stake in Wastepack, the waste management company, and the proceeds will be used to invest in new recycling plants.
12-Jun-2000
Freedom Group has acquired VIP Bin Cleaning, the international franchise company offering wheely bin cleaning from 80 depots, for undisclosed terms.
12-Jun-2000
Group 4 is looking to recruit about 300 people for the new Rye Hill prison on the outskirts of Rugby, including prison officers and teaching, healthcare and catering staff.
09-Jun-2000
Deeside Furniture is planning to set up a furniture factory at the former Laura Ashley site on Gresford Industrial Estate in Wrexham, with the creation of an initial 25 jobs.
09-Jun-2000
Royal Doulton is to sell its Royal Crown Derby subsidiary to a management buy-out team for £16m, securing 250 jobs.
08-Jun-2000
Volex, the cables company, is looking to expand into eastern Europe, India and China, either through acquisitions or by building new plants.
07-Jun-2000
AC Gill is to relocate its Nottingham textiles business and 45 jobs from the Lace Market to a new unidentified site.
07-Jun-2000
N-S Eurowire, the Kidderminster-based manufacturer of tyre bead wire has been bought out of receivership by Romwire, saving 180 jobs.
07-Jun-2000
Cambridgeshire County Council has approved plans from Donarbon for the development of a waste processing plant outside Waterbeach, capable of dealing with 120,000 tonnes of waste per year.
07-Jun-2000
Umeco is seeking acquisitions in Europe and the US, in order to develop a global aerospace and defence distribution business.
06-Jun-2000
Severn Trent is to acquire UK Waste for £380m, and will combine it with Biffa to create the country's largest waste management group.
06-Jun-2000
Dyer Structural Steelwork of Oxford is considering plans to set up a new steelworks operation in Wolverhampton, where it would create about 200 jobs.
06-Jun-2000
BBA is planning to acquire Lynton Aviation of the US for £37m and Osprey Aviation of Southampton for £2.5m, as part of a strategy to develop a global airline maintenance business.
05-Jun-2000
Ring, the Leeds-based lighting distributor, has been acquired by Group Catalina International of the US for £22m, and is also looking to expand into continental Europe.
05-Jun-2000
DML is to relocate its Bath office to Durley Park in Keynsham next month with the transfer of more than 100 jobs, in order to manage the Submarine Support Management Group contract for the Ministry of Defence.
02-Jun-2000
Bombardier is planning a £100m expansion at its Short Brothers aircraft manufacturing business in Northern Ireland over the next three years, with the creation of about 1,200 jobs.
01-Jun-2000
Shanks is planning to introduce new waste recycling technologies to the UK following its recent acquisition of Waste Management Nederland, including the production of fuel pellets and the creation of combustible gases.
01-Jun-2000
Emess is selling its three international lighting operations to SLI of the US for £81m, in order to reduce borrowings and focus on its UK business.
31-May-2000
GoIndustry.com has secured £24m of private funding in order to develop its internet market for surplus plant and equipment.
31-May-2000
Pifco has acquired DH Haden, the Staffordshire-based electrical appliances company, for £3.2m.
30-May-2000
Flow Industries has acquired Shipham, the Hull-based manufacturer of valves for the oil industry, for undisclosed terms.
26-May-2000
MJS Contact Lenses is to create more than 100 jobs at its contact lens production units in Fareham and Hamble, due to a rise in demand.
26-May-2000
Wrexham Council has proposed a deal with waste management firm HLC to build a £20m waste disposal plant, which would create 70 jobs.
26-May-2000
Lochcarron of Scotland, the Galashiels-based producer of tartan textiles, is expanding its output due to a rise in export demand, and up to 18 new jobs are being created.
26-May-2000
British Alcan is to close its Kinlochleven Smelter in June with the loss of 51 jobs, although some employees are being relocated to its sister plant at Fort William.
25-May-2000
J&J Dyson has bought the kiln furniture business of Hewitt Refractories for £1.4m, and plans to consolidate operations on its existing Diamond Gimson site in Stoke-on-Trent.
22-May-2000
Cleveland Test Equipment Company is to recruit about 12 new staff following the relocation of its cable testing business to Preston Farm Business Park in Stockton.
19-May-2000
Smiths Industries is to close its Quartz air conditioning factories at Ferndown and Wimborne, Dorset, in order to transfer the work to Roof Units Engineering in Dudley, where up to 95 jobs will be created.
19-May-2000
IAE, the manufacturer of farming materials and gates, has submitted plans for an office, storage and industrial facility at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, in order to bring all its 360 staff into one site.
18-May-2000
TransTec, the engineering group that went into receivership in January, has sold Earby Light Engineers to management for £7m.
18-May-2000
JCB is investing £10m at its new factory in Cheadle to produce heavy dump trucks for the construction industry.
17-May-2000
Southern Water is planning to invest £125m over the next five years, in order to expand its water grid to cope with the expected growth in new housing in the south-east.
17-May-2000
The government has announced a £5bn package of defence orders, including a contract for the supply of Meteor missiles that will create or safeguard 1,200 jobs in Bristol, Stevenage and Stanmore.
17-May-2000
Valeport, the Devon-based manufacturer of marine instrumentation, is planning to relocate from Dartmouth to Totnes, with the creation of 30 jobs.
17-May-2000
United Engineering Forgings is selling its Lincoln-based aerospace division to Precision Castparts Corporation of the US for £22m, in order to focus on its automotive and cylinders operations.
16-May-2000
Caradon has acquired Eltek Fire & Safety of Norway for £22m, in order to expand its security and building controls business.
15-May-2000
TI is linking up with US software company Ariba to develop its own e-commerce procurement system, and expects to make initial savings of 5-7% on non-manufacturing purchases.
12-May-2000
Alcan Smelting & Power has completed a £115m investment programme to expand aluminium capacity at its plant near Ashington, and is taking on 85 new workers.
12-May-2000
Kingston Somerset is considering plans to close its dairy equipment warehouse in Reading, and some workers could be relocated to a Shropshire site of its new parent company Fabdec.
12-May-2000
Fenner is looking to spend up to £100m on acquisitions to expand its conveyor belt business.
11-May-2000
Galliford has won a £30m contract to build 3,000 radio base stations across the country for British Telecom, as part of a scheme to provide communications for the police.
11-May-2000
Toshiba is planning to invest £0.5m at its Plymouth factory in order to step up production of wide-screen TVs, despite speculation that its Japanese parent has considered closing the site due to the strong pound.
11-May-2000
Weir has sold its Bristol-based Strachan & Henshaw bulk handling division to Svedala Industries of Sweden for £2.5m.
10-May-2000
Kernan Timber Products is to create up to 15 new jobs, following a £3m investment at its Gilford-based timber windows business in Northern Ireland.
10-May-2000
Romac Gloucester Rewind, the Gloucester-based electric motors and transformers company, has been acquired by the Nottingham-based Ford Group for undisclosed terms.
09-May-2000
Cookson is selling its two telecoms businesses for £98m, with Neptco going to a venture capital consortium and Focas to Alcoa Fujikura.
05-May-2000
Rossendale Group, the lifting gear manufacturer, is planning to expand into new premises in Lincoln with the creation of about 12 jobs.
05-May-2000
Stag Holdings is to relocate its furniture factory from Nottingham to Scunthorpe, and many of the 300 staff will be offered the chance to move.
05-May-2000
Fairey is acquiring Spectris AG Sensoren und Systeme, the German controls company, for £125m, partly funded by a £55m rights issue.
04-May-2000
Group 4 is being acquired by Falck of Denmark for £550m, in order to create one of the world's leading security groups.
04-May-2000
Williams is planning to reduce the size of its Derby headquarters following the sale of its Yale locks business, and some staff will be relocated to offices in Sunbury and Slough.
02-May-2000
BAe Systems is to acquire the US-based control systems business of Lockheed Martin for £320m, and is also interested in a number of electronics operations being auctioned by Lockheed.
28-Apr-2000
Ogihara, the Japanese tooling maker, is to set up a £10m engineering centre in Telford, with the creation of 100 jobs.
28-Apr-2000
Art Forma is creating 25 jobs at its new £1m furniture showroom and factory in Castle Donington.
28-Apr-2000
Techserv Engineering Services is expanding its profile machine cutting business, following the recent relocation of its administration centre from Leeds to join its mill premises in Dewsbury.
28-Apr-2000
Rotolok is to invest £2m in new workshops and offices in Tiverton, and expects to employ 50 staff at the site.
28-Apr-2000
Charter has accepted a £471m takeover bid from Lincoln Electric, the US welding manufacturer.
27-Apr-2000
Premier Aspects is creating 50 jobs at its new cable harnessing site at Pontardawe in the Swansea Valley.
27-Apr-2000
Invensys has sold Westinghouse Brakes, the rail industry supplier, to Germany's Knorr-Bremse for £65m.
27-Apr-2000
Cooperheat, the Southport-based thermal engineering company, has set up a new facility in Darlington, in order to get closer to the petrochemical, shipbuilding and offshore industries of the north east.
26-Apr-2000
Alstom has bought Norweb Contracting from United Utilities for £25m, as part of a strategy to develop a one-stop shop for electrical services.
25-Apr-2000
Orbit Precision Machining is to create 25 new jobs following an investment in new machinery at its machining services site in Wantage.
25-Apr-2000
WR Group, the Leicester-based refrigeration company, has bought NRC's supermarket services and maintenance business in Wellingborough from Stratagem Group, for undisclosed terms.
25-Apr-2000
Quasar Microwave Technology is planning to expand its microwave components factory in Teignbridge, as part of an ongoing expansion that has created 30 new jobs in recent months.
20-Apr-2000
Marlow Ropes has acquired Whitely Products, the Daventry-based cord manufacturer, and will transfer production to Mossley near Manchester with the loss of 34 jobs.
20-Apr-2000
Hyder, the water and electricity supplier, has agreed to a £402m takeover offer from Nomura International, and Nomura has pledged to keep the group headquarters in Cardiff.
19-Apr-2000
Gai-Tronics, the manufacturer of telephones and public address systems, is setting up a new factory at Stretton Park in Burton, and expects to create 50 jobs over the next five years.
19-Apr-2000
Corus is planning to take a 30% stake in a joint venture with Wupperman Industrie to build a steel galvanizing plant at Moerdijk in the Netherlands.
19-Apr-2000
Samsung is planning a £2m expansion at its computer monitor and microwave factory near Billingham with the creation of 300 jobs, while its nearby printed circuit boards factory will be converted into a distribution hub for monitors.
18-Apr-2000
William Hare is to relocate the headquarters of its steel manufacturing business from Bolton to Brandlesholme House in Bury, with the transfer of 180 jobs.
18-Apr-2000
AK Holdings, the utility industry supplier, is planning to relocate to a £3m site at the Baker Brook Industrial Estate near Nottingham, where it will build a new waste recycling centre and create 150 jobs over the next three years.
17-Apr-2000
Silentnight is to invest £3m at its Sunderland furniture factory, in order to improve efficiency and safeguard the 774 jobs.
17-Apr-2000
Mainetti Technology is seeking permission to expand its fibre optic factory in Hawick, where the workforce has more than doubled to 90 since the new plant opened last year.
17-Apr-2000
Pro-Veneers is to set up a specialist sheet veneering centre at the Newstead Industrial Park near Nottingham, with the creation of 18 jobs.
13-Apr-2000
John Tams, the Stoke-based pottery, has had its mug division bought out of receivership by a management buy-out, saving 340 jobs, and buyers are now sought for two other parts of the group.
13-Apr-2000
Carpenter Engineered Products has set up a new factory in Derby to produce ceramic cores for aero engine turbine blades, and expects to create 30 jobs over the next few years.
11-Apr-2000
Alvis is selling a division that manufacturers bomb disposal robots to Northrop Grumman of the US for £1.4m, and job losses are expected among the 31 Coventry-based workers.
11-Apr-2000
Pattern Equipment Company, the Leicester-based tooling business, has undergone a management buy-out, and is now looking to invest in new facilities.
07-Apr-2000
Delta is considering plans to set up a new electronics factory in Holyhead that could create 1,000 jobs, and has applied for a £20m regional assistance grant from the Welsh Assembly.
07-Apr-2000
Morgan Crucible is selling its Laser Diode subsidiary, which makes equipment for the fibre-optic communications industry, to Tyco International for £16m.
07-Apr-2000
Spring Ram is selling three Scunthorpe-based kitchen divisions to Design Academy, securing the future of about 70 jobs.
06-Apr-2000
J&J Dyson is acquiring the ceramic fibres business of Wade Ceramics for £1.5m, and will relocate the business from Stoke-on-Trent to Burton-on-Trent.
06-Apr-2000
Britax International is to acquire Bellingham, the US aircraft interiors business, from Hexcel for £73m.
05-Apr-2000
Havant Borough Council is to consider plans from A&J Bull for the development of a new industrial waste sorting station.
03-Apr-2000
RPS Group is raising £16m in a share placing, in order to fund acquisitions and the expansion of its business support services across Europe.
31-Mar-2000
Yorkshire Water has announced plans to invest £450m improving water quality and updating the sewage system of Yorkshire, including a new £75m sewage treatment plant at Selby.
31-Mar-2000
Daniel Europe is to shed 45 of the 120 jobs at its measuring equipment factory near Falkirk, while other workers will be relocated to other sites.
30-Mar-2000
Courtaulds Textiles is to be acquired by Sara Lee of the US for £150m plus debt, which will double the size of Sara Lee's European clothing business.
27-Mar-2000
Appleyards Plastics is creating 172 new jobs in Middlesbrough, following a £3m investment in new plant to spray paint domestic appliances, car components and mobile phones.
27-Mar-2000
Fenner is selling its polymer engineering business for £2m to a new company called United Polymers, in which Grove Industries will take an 80% stake.
24-Mar-2000
Bodycote International, the metal processing group, is planning to build about 100 new plants worldwide over the next five years, including 20 in China and Taiwan.
24-Mar-2000
Coflexip Stena Offshore is acquiring the US pipeline engineering company RJ Brown of Houston from Kvaerner for undisclosed terms.
24-Mar-2000
Royal Doulton is planning to invest £6.5m in its three Stoke-on-Trent factories, in order to introduce state-of-the art manufacturing technology and improve efficiency.
24-Mar-2000
Indespension is to relocate its trailer factory to a new site at Horwich near Bolton, with the creation of an unspecified number of jobs.
24-Mar-2000
Welsh Development Agency has announced that A&J Enterprises of Taiwan is to set up a bicycle factory in Newtown, Powys, creating up to 125 jobs.
24-Mar-2000
MJ Technologies is to create a further 20 jobs at its factory in Coalville, having won a £6m contract to supply process equipment to the US aerospace industry.
23-Mar-2000
Premier Stamping is planning to build a £4m factory and forge in Cradley Heath.
23-Mar-2000
Terex is planning a £10m expansion at its construction equipment factory and offices in Motherwell.
23-Mar-2000
Wednesbury Tube is to invest £25m at its copper tube factory in Bilston, securing the future of about 200 workers.
21-Mar-2000
Cochran Boilers, the Dumfriesshire-based boiler manufacturer, has been sold by Rolls-Royce to the Lincolnshire-based BIB Group.
21-Mar-2000
Glen Dimplex is investing £5m at its Chilton Electric plant in Dunleer, to create the group's sole factory for the export of electric fan heaters.
20-Mar-2000
NSD is seeking permission for a £4m expansion plan at its steel distribution business in Lincolnshire, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
20-Mar-2000
Haden MacLellan has sold its industrial services division for £15m, as part of a restructuring programme to focus on industrial fasteners.
20-Mar-2000
Dynacast is to relocate its engineering business from Northampton to Alcester in August, with the loss of up to 120 jobs.
17-Mar-2000
Smiths Industries is looking to spend up to £750m on acquisitions, in order to expand its aerospace, engineering and medical businesses.
16-Mar-2000
Philips is to build a new glass furnace at its television screen factory in Simonstone, which will secure the future of the 300-strong workforce.
16-Mar-2000
Greenway Holdings of Leeds is to be acquired by OSS Group, the Liverpool-based waste oils recycling group, for £7.6m.
15-Mar-2000
Heywood Williams has acquired Pioneer Plastics, the US supplier of plastic pipe products.
14-Mar-2000
The Ninth Floor is acquiring Farsight Surveillance Technologies and a 60% stake in its software development division IO MM Software, for £5.6m.
14-Mar-2000
Taylor Valves, the Huddersfield-based engineering company, has been bought out of receivership by Wordsworth Holdings of Grantham, securing 51 jobs.
14-Mar-2000
Shanks is to acquire Waste Management Nederland, the Dutch waste disposal company, for £208m.
10-Mar-2000
Oxford Instruments is to close two sites in Abingdon which employ a total of 200 people, and relocate the operations to High Wycombe and Old Woking, Surrey.
10-Mar-2000
UK Safety, the Bristol-based footwear and workwear company, has acquired Romford-based corporate clothing manufacturer Rex Regal.
10-Mar-2000
Texon, the Leicester-based supplier of materials to the footwear industry, has acquired Crispin Dynamics, the computer-aided shoe designer, for £2.5m.
09-Mar-2000
SignCorp, the corporate signage company, has gone into receivership, blaming the cost of relocating production from Leeds to Sussex.
09-Mar-2000
Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water is planning to build a £5.5m pumping station in Wimborne.
09-Mar-2000
Williams is selling its Yale locks business to Assa Abloy of Sweden for about £900m, and has also announced plans to split itself into two separate companies - Chubb Security Services and Kidde fire protection.
08-Mar-2000
Manthorpe has acquired Huthwaite-based Acrumac Precision Engineering for undisclosed terms, in order to strengthen its expertise in the gas turbine sub-contract manufacturing industry.
07-Mar-2000
P&B Metal Components is to relocate its electrical products business to larger premises in Sheffield, with the creation of a number of new jobs.
03-Mar-2000
Frederick Crowther is to relocate its metal engineering business from Halifax to the Guards Road Industrial Estate in Coldstream, where it expects to create 10 new jobs.
03-Mar-2000
Charter is to relocate its Howden Sirocco heaters and fans business to a new site on Queen's Island in Belfast.
03-Mar-2000
First Technology is to acquire City Technology, the maker of gas-testing equipment, for £100m.
03-Mar-2000
Steel & Alloy of West Bromwich is linking up with French steel company Solac Usinor to set up a new hi-tech laser-welding works in Smethwick, with the creation of 30 jobs.
02-Mar-2000
Renold is acquiring Jeffrey Chain, the US manufacturer of industrial chains, for £34m.
02-Mar-2000
Ash & Lacy has acquired Imas Technology, the Birmingham-based supplier of water filtration systems, for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2000
Amchem, the West Midlands-based machine tool division of TransTec, has been bought out of receivership by MP Industries for undisclosed terms.
01-Mar-2000
William Baird is to close its clothing factories in Sri Lanka and Europe, in order to cease manufacturing and focus on the development of a branded business.
01-Mar-2000
West of Scotland Water Authority has awarded a £55m contract to Miller Civil Engineering for the development of a new sludge treatment plant at Daldowie.
01-Mar-2000
Cameron Holdings, the Bristol-based manufacturer of hot air balloons, has bought Sky Balloons International of Wrexham for undisclosed terms.
29-Feb-2000
Chamberlain Doors is planning to expand its garage doors business in Bolton with the creation of at least 12 jobs.
25-Feb-2000
Gyrus is to acquire Everest Medical Corporation, the US manufacturer of surgical equipment, for £32m, which will give it access to a 105-strong US salesforce.
24-Feb-2000
Severfield-Reeve has started work on a £3m expansion at its structural steel factory near Thirsk in North Yorkshire.
24-Feb-2000
UKae, the Sutton Coldfield-based supplier of double glazing parts, has undergone a £8m management buy-out.
24-Feb-2000
Matra BAe Dynamics has won a £378m contract to supply Seawolf missiles to the Ministry of Defence, which will secure or create up to 300 jobs at sites in Stevenage, Bristol and Bolton.
23-Feb-2000
Smiths Industries is to acquire Actuation Systems, the US-based aircraft utilities business, from BAe Systems for £63m.
23-Feb-2000
TRW Aeronautical Systems is to invest £10m in new machinery at its Huyton Business Park factory on Merseyside.
21-Feb-2000
Courtaulds Textiles is to sell its Standfast and Weavestyle furnishings operations to Walker Greenbank for £9m, and is now looking to sell Zorbit nursery products and Christy towels.
21-Feb-2000
Williams Fasteners has acquired Dunning's Fasteners, the Teesside-based supplier of heavy-duty nuts and bolts, for undisclosed terms.
18-Feb-2000
Morgan Crucible is to sell its power industry products business to Tyco International of the US for £44m.
17-Feb-2000
Dyson is planning to build a vacuum cleaner factory in east Asia, and is considering sites in China and Malaysia.
16-Feb-2000
Dawson International is to sell its Pringle knitwear business to Fang Brothers Knitting of Hong Kong for about £5m.
15-Feb-2000
Malton Clothing is planning to close its factory in Norton, North Yorkshire, and aims to relocate some of the 87 employees to another site in Driffield.
11-Feb-2000
The Ministry of Defence is to close the Defence Aviation Repair Agency avionics unit at the Fleetlands helicopter repair yard in Gosport, and aims to relocate the 75 staff to other sites.
11-Feb-2000
Wassall, the industrial conglomerate, has agreed to a £627m takeover bid from an investment vehicle owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
11-Feb-2000
Royal Brierley Crystal is to move to a site next to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, in a £5m redevelopment that will involve the relocation of 200 jobs and the creation of 25 new jobs.
10-Feb-2000
Hampson Industries is expanding its Bellhouse Hartwell aircraft parts factory in Westhoughton at a cost of £1m, and 60 jobs will be created.
09-Feb-2000
RPS Group is acquiring Environmental Engineering Limited of Ireland for £7.3m.
09-Feb-2000
ADT is planning to double the size of its security business in Sheffield over the next year with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
08-Feb-2000
Middlesex Holdings is forming a joint venture with Gazprom of Russia to set up an internet-based trading platform for steel.
08-Feb-2000
Cleveland Waste Management is planning to build a new £30m incinerator at Haverton Hill on Teesside, to burn more domestic waste and increase capacity of the plant by 30%.
07-Feb-2000
Shop-Equip is to create 90 jobs at its shop equipment factory at Whaley Thorns in Derbyshire, and is building new manufacturing and telesales premises.
07-Feb-2000
BAe Systems has dropped plans to form a joint venture between its Royal Ordnance business and Rheinmetall of Germany, and will instead build up its own position in the European munitions sector.
07-Feb-2000
ADI Treatments, the West Bromwich-based metal treatment company, has been acquired by Hulvershorn of Germany for £0.3m.
07-Feb-2000
Thames Water is to invest £122m improving the quality of drinking water in Jakarta, having renegotiated a contract with the Indonesian capital's city council.
02-Feb-2000
The Dolls House Emporium is to relocate its factory and 50 staff to a larger site on the Codnor Gate business park in Ripley, Derbyshire, and expects to create 10 new jobs.
28-Jan-2000
Renishaw is looking to recruit 70 staff in a £5m expansion programme at its high precision measuring equipment business in Wotton-under-Edge.
26-Jan-2000
Hidden Hearing, the Kent-based manufacturer of hearing aids, has agreed to a £23m takeover offer from William Demant of Denmark.
26-Jan-2000
Explorer Group is to set up a new £3m caravan factory in Consett, in order to consolidate production onto one site.
25-Jan-2000
FKI is to acquire SNE Systems, the US supplier of control systems to the materials handling industry, for up to £24m.
25-Jan-2000
Grampian Holdings has sold its Glenmuir golfwear business to management, in order to focus on its Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Malcolm Group operations.
24-Jan-2000
FKI is to relocate the head office of its engineering business from Halifax to London.
24-Jan-2000
Bath & North East Somerset Council is planning to relocate the council-run Linear Way Industries factory from its Bath premises, due to potential fire and safety hazards.
21-Jan-2000
Motherwell Bridge is to relocate its Fielding & Platt hydraulic press factory from Gloucester to Leeds, with the loss of up to 40 jobs.
21-Jan-2000
Herbert Green, the Silsden-based furnishing fabrics company, has undergone a management buy-out from Lifestyle Furnishings International, with the backing of Euro Sales Finance of Leeds.
20-Jan-2000
Marwin Production Systems, the Wednesfield-based machine tools division of TransTec, has been sold by the receivers to Marbaix Group for undisclosed terms.
20-Jan-2000
NXT has sold its Mission division, which makes conventional hi-fi speakers, to a management buy-out for £5.2m.
20-Jan-2000
Motherwell Bridge has sold its information systems division to a management team led by venture capital group 3i, in a £75m deal.
20-Jan-2000
Thames Water is looking to generate more than 30% of its profits from operations outside the UK water industry within the next five years, by investing up to £500m a year.
19-Jan-2000
Smiths Industries is to acquire EMC Technology, the US manufacturer of high-performance connectors, for £26m.
18-Jan-2000
Trade Mark Textiles, the Derbyshire-based textiles wholesaler, is planning to set up a factory in Morocco in March, employing up to 100 people.
14-Jan-2000
LG Electronics is to expand production at its Washington-based microwave ovens factory with the creation of 60 jobs.
14-Jan-2000
Sunderland Council is providing assistance to Connor Solutions in the development of a new factory at Houghton to make products for household appliances, with the creation of up to 140 jobs.
14-Jan-2000
The Welsh Development Agency has announced that Sun Ya Shoes of China is to set up a shoe factory in Milford Haven, with the creation of 150 jobs.
14-Jan-2000
Cambridgeshire County Council is to consider plans from the Dickerson Group for the development of a new recycling centre at Waterbeach, in order to reduce the amount of waste being put into the region's landfill sites.
14-Jan-2000
Bristol Water has acquired Operational UK, the supplier of energy and environmental engineering services, for £4m, as part of a strategy to build up its non-regulated business.
13-Jan-2000
Southern Water has awarded a £10m contract to Dean & Dyball to build two pumping stations at Newport on the Isle of Wight.
13-Jan-2000
Villiers is to sell its engineering business for £0.7m, in order to transform itself into an internet-based healthcare company called Ultrasis.
13-Jan-2000
Schmitz Cargobull is planning a £5.5m expansion at its trailer factory in County Durham in order to add curtain-sided trailers to its output, and 50 jobs will be created.
13-Jan-2000
Palm Equipment International, the manufacturer of watersports equipment, is relocating its headquarters and 50 staff to purpose-built premises at Clevedon to accommodate plans for expansion.
12-Jan-2000
Ruberoid, the protective coatings group, has accepted a £66m takeover bid from IKO Sales of Canada, in order to gain access to more customers and a wider product range.
12-Jan-2000
Otis is to set up a £1.5m customer care centre for its Express Evans Lifts business in Leicester, with the creation of 150 jobs.
08-Jan-2000
Ferraris is to acquire Univak, the manufacturer of components for pressure vessels, for £5.7m.
08-Jan-2000
Trent Insulations of Burton has merged with Orion Insulations, and the combined business is planning to open two new insulation distribution centres with the creation of 20 jobs.
05-Jan-2000
Sherwood has sold its sock manufacturing business to Trident International Textile Group for £2.9m.
05-Jan-2000