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Field Group and Boxmore have agreed to merge their European pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging operations into a single group with 24 sites in seven countries. 29-Feb-2000 Boxmore, the Northern Ireland-based packaging company, has accepted a £191m takeover offer from Chesapeake of the US. 16-Dec-1999 Rexam is in negotiations to sell its European pharmaceutical printed packaging business to Boxmore International. 26-Aug-1999 Boxmore International has won two major pan-European pharmaceutical packaging supply contracts from Merck and Hoechst Marion Roussel. 23-Mar-1999 Boxmore International has paid £0.7m for a controlling stake in Derndruck Verpackungen, the German supplier of printed cartons to the pharmaceutical industry. 26-Feb-1999 Boxmore International is acquiring Munier Cartonnage, the French supplier of packaging to the health care sector, for up to £4.2m. 22-Apr-1998 Boxmore International may decide to build a packaging plant in continental Europe if it fails to find a suitable acquisition, as part of its strategy to provide a pan-European service to multinational customers. 25-Mar-1998 Boxmore International is planning to expand its European health care packaging business, and is on the look-out for acquisitions. 26-Mar-1997 Boxmore has formed a joint venture with Rotan to build a factory in Jiangsu province, China, to make plastic bottles for the agrochemical sector. 05-Feb-1997 Boxmore International is acquiring the printing and packaging business of Glaxo Wellcome for £6.3m. 26-Jun-1996 Boxmore International, the packaging maker currently quoted on the Unlisted Securities Market, is to seek an official listing in May. 27-Mar-1996
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