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Blagden is to seek voluntary liquidation, having completed the sale of its chemicals production and distribution businesses. 04-Jul-2000 Blagden is looking to sell its remaining chemicals distribution business as part of a strategy to break itself up and return the proceeds to shareholders. 26-Oct-1999 Blagden is to sell Corn Van Looke, its Belgium-based industrial chemicals division, to a new company called Valofin for £2.1m. 27-Aug-1999 Blagden Packaging is closing its industrial steel drums business in St Philips, Bristol, and will move the work to Manchester with the loss of up to 54 jobs. 15-Jun-1999 Blagden has sold its Blagden Chemicals formaldehyde and resin business to Borden Chemical of the US for £45m, and is now looking to sell its three remaining businesses in order to break-up the group. 07-May-1999 Blagden Industries has ended merger discussions with an unnamed company, and will now focus on growing its speciality chemicals business through acquisition. 08-Dec-1998 Blagden Industries, the chemicals company, is in merger talks with a number of undisclosed companies. 14-Oct-1998 Blagden Industries has sold its steel drum packaging business to Drum Holdings for £98m, and is now looking to invest £160m in the creation of a speciality chemicals business. 10-Apr-1998 Blagden Industries has acquired Cellobond, the resins business, from BP Chemicals for £13m. 04-Jul-1997 Blagden Packaging France has sold Komet, the protective equipment business, to Christian Dalloz of France for £2.4m in order to focus on packaging and chemicals. 02-May-1997 Blagden Industries is planning to spend £60m on acquisitions to develop its speciality chemicals business, particularly in the US and Europe. 20-Sep-1996 Blagden Industries is planning a £10m factory to supply formaldehyde to ICI's polyurethane plant in Rotterdam. 22-Mar-1996
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