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Berisford has acquired Merrychef, the manufacturer of commercial microwave ovens, for £17m. 15-Jun-2000 Berisford is to change its name to Enodis, as part of a strategy to transform itself from a conglomerate into a catering equipment group. 23-May-2000 Berisford is to seek a listing on the New York Stock Exchange next summer, in order to help with the global expansion of its kitchen equipment business. 17-Nov-1999 Berisford is to acquire Scotsman Industries, the US manufacturer of refrigeration products, for £448m, and may now decide to sell its Magnet kitchens business. 03-Jul-1999 Berisford is forming a joint venture with Somerville of Thailand to manufacture refrigeration equipment in south-east Asia. 16-Mar-1999 Berisford has rejected a takeover approach from an unnamed company, thought to be Premark International, the US catering equipment company. 13-Feb-1999 Berisford has acquired Convotherm Elektrogerate, the German commercial ovenmaker with net assets of about £2.6m. 05-Jan-1999 Berisford has announced the £41m acquisition of Aladdin TempRite, the US catering equipment supply business, and the £8.7m acquisition of Viscount Catering, the UK maker of ranges and fryers. 27-Aug-1998 Berisford is to acquire CP Hart, the bathroom distributor, for £14m, in order to move into the higher-margin end of the market and expand geographical coverage. 13-Jul-1998 Berisford is planning to spend about £250m on acquisitions in order to become a global supplier of catering equipment to international companies such as McDonald's. 20-May-1998 Berisford has won planning permission to build 650 homes at Felsted near Stansted airport, following a long-running battle with objectors who claim it will damage the environment and strain local infrastructure. 10-Jan-1998 Berisford has sold Consolidated Industries, its US domestic boiler business, for £4.2m. 10-Jan-1998 Berisford, the kitchens and cooking equipment group, is planning to expand into Asia and Latin America by acquiring production plants. 28-Nov-1997 Berisford has acquired Sammic, the Spanish manufacturer of food service equipment, for £21.8m. 01-Aug-1997
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