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AG Barr is acquiring a further 86,000 sq ft of warehouse space for its soft drinks business at the Westfield Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld. 16-Nov-2009 AG Barr is to close its soft drinks factory in Mansfield in 2011, with the loss of 100 jobs, in order to invest up to £10m in the expansion of its Cumbernauld site. 09-Nov-2009 AG Barr has agreed to acquired Groupe Rubicon, the branded juice drinks supplier with 97 staff in North London and Gwent, for £60m. 06-Aug-2008 AG Barr has acquired Taut International, the sports drinks supplier with annual retail sales of £1m, for a nominal sum. 25-Jan-2008 AG Barr has bought the Vitaminsmart and Vitsmart brands from Chartered Brands for £0.3m, in order to expand its soft drinks business into the new functional waters sector. 14-Jan-2008 AG Barr has acquired Strathmore Mineral Water Company, the Forfar-based bottled water supplier, from Constellation Brands for £15m. 23-May-2006 AG Barr is to close its soft drinks factory in Atherton, Greater Manchester, with the loss of almost 100 jobs, in order to transfer production to sites in Cumbernauld and Mansfield. 30-Mar-2006 AG Barr is to relocate about 300 staff from eight Scottish sites to its main soft drinks manufacturing plant in Cumbernauld, as part of a £17m three-year investment. 01-Apr-2005 AG Barr is to produce the Irn-Bru soft drink in Russia for the first time, in partnership with the Pepsi Bottling Group. 30-Jan-2002 AG Barr is said to be looking for a financial backer to launch a bid for the Britvic soft drinks business. 07-Jun-2001 AG Barr has started work on the construction of a new Irn-Bru soft drinks blending plant at its Westfield site in Cumbernauld. 05-Jun-2000 AG Barr is considering plans to launch a franchise operation to sell its Irn-Bru soft drink in the US. 29-Feb-2000 AG Barr has set up a soft drinks plant near Moscow, with $7m of funding from Agribusiness Partners International of the US. 25-Sep-1998 AG Barr, the soft drinks company, is said to be in danger of losing the right to produce Orangina when its contract expires in 2002, following the sale of the brand by Pernod Ricard to Coca-Cola. 08-Jan-1998 AG Barr has bought a 40% stake in Findlays, the East Lothian-based bottled water company, for £100k. 04-May-1996
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