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Bookham Technology is to sell its assembly and test plant in Paignton to an unnamed buyer for £5m, and is now seeking a new research and development site for its 100 staff. 25-Sep-2006 Bookham Technology is planning to shed about 100 of the 200 jobs at its fibre-optics factory in Paignton. 09-May-2006 Bookham Technology is to shed more than 150 jobs at its fibre-optics factory in Paignton, in order to transfer production to China, leaving about 200 research staff at the site. 07-Dec-2005 Bookham Technology is planning to transfer its headquarters and stock market listing to the US, in order to reflect its customer base and ownership. 28-Jun-2004 Bookham Technology has acquired Onetta, the US optical amplifier supplier, for about £13m. 25-May-2004 Bookham Technology is to shed 600 jobs at its semiconductors plant in Paignton over the next 15 months, in order to transfer production to China. 21-May-2004 Bookham Technology, the optical components manufacturer, is to shed 70 of the 1,000 jobs at its Paignton factory, in order to transfer some production to China. 10-Mar-2004 Bookham Technology is recruiting 100 extra temporary staff at its factory in Paignton. 07-Nov-2003 Bookham Technology is to acquire Ignis Optics, the US supplier of optical modules for communications networks, for £10m. 26-Sep-2003 Bookham Technology has acquired New Focus, the US photonics company, for £118m. 23-Sep-2003 Bookham Technology is to shed up to 180 jobs in its worldwide optical components business, and a fabrication facility in Milton will be disposed of. 31-Jul-2003 Bookham Technology is to acquire Cierra Photonics, the US manufacturer of fibre optic components with 39 staff, for £2.2m. 07-Jul-2003 Bookham Technology is creating 60 new jobs at its telecom components plant in Paignton, but 200 jobs are being lost at its research and development centre in Milton, Oxfordshire. 06-Feb-2003 Bookham Technology is to acquire the fibre optic component operations of Nortel of Canada, and the £71m deal is expected to result in 840 job losses. 08-Oct-2002 Bookham Technology, the optical components company, has sold Measurement Microsystems A-Z, its Canadian research business, to a management buy-out. 02-Aug-2002 Bookham Technology is to close two optical component factories in Swindon and in Maryland, US, with the loss of 70 jobs, in order to concentrate production at its plants in Milton Keynes and Caswell. 04-Jul-2002 Marconi has sold its optical components business to Bookham Technology in a £20m deal that will give Marconi a 9% stake in Bookham. 18-Dec-2001 Bookham Technology is to shed a further 100 jobs at its Swindon plant, due to falling demand for optical components. 21-Jun-2001 Bookham Technology is to shed 150 jobs at its optical component factories in Abingdon and Swindon due to a fall in demand. 09-Mar-2001 Bookham Technology has acquired Measurement Microsystems, the Canadian software company, for £32m. 29-Jan-2001 Bookham Technology has confirmed plans to raise £122m in a share placing, in order to invest in new manufacturing facilities for its optical electronics business. 07-Sep-2000 Bookham Technology has started to recruit 270 engineers and operators for its new optical components manufacturing facility in Swindon. 27-Jul-2000 Bookham Technology is planning to raise up to £125m in a flotation in order to expand production of optical components, creating 180 jobs at a new factory in Swindon and another 100 at its Abingdon headquarters. 06-Mar-2000 Bookham Technology, the Oxfordshire-based telecoms equipment group, is considering plans for a £350m stockmarket flotation over the next two months. 18-Jan-2000
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