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BPB, the plasterboard company, has accepted a £3.9bn takeover offer from Saint Gobain of France. 17-Nov-2005 BPB Paperboard is planning to close its paper mill in Aberdeen in June with the loss of at least 250 jobs. 04-Mar-2005 BPB is planning to increase capital expenditure to more than £160m next year, in order to increase plasterboard production capacity in its factories. 27-Sep-2004 BPB is to increase its annual capital expenditure from £100m to £150m, in order to expand its plasterboard operations in Europe, North America and a number of emerging markets. 24-Nov-2003 BPB is planning to close its paper mill at Purfleet in Essex by the end of the year, with the loss of up to 140 jobs. 19-Sep-2003 BPB has acquired control of Gyproc Benelux, the supplier of plasterboard to the Dutch and Belgian markets, in a £52m deal, and will sell Gyproc's German and Polish operations to Lafarge for £33m. 22-Oct-2002 BPB is to acquire the US wallboard division of James Hardie Industries for £243m, partly funded by a £107m share placing. 14-Mar-2002 BPB is to acquire Dogan Alci, the Turkish producer of building plasters, for £4.8m. 11-Sep-2001 BPB is to acquire Rawlplug, the manufacturer of wall fixings, from Baxi Group for £27m, and will combine the business with its Artex-Blue Hawk decorative products division. 30-Jan-2001 BPB has acquired the US wallboard and ceiling tile business of Celotex for £230m, giving it five US plants to add to its six in Canada. 05-Jun-2000 BPB is to acquire Heidelberger Dammsysteme, the German manufacturer of expanded polystyrene insulation, for £22m. 31-Mar-2000 BPB expects to shed a further 400 jobs with increasing automation in its plasterboard business, and is also planning to spend £150m on complementary product acquisitions. 26-Nov-1999 BPB is to invest £33m in the acquisition of a stake of up to 75% in Thai Gypsum Products and to raise its stake in Shanghai Orient Gypsum. 20-Nov-1999 BPB is looking to cut 500 jobs in order to reduce costs in its plasterboard business by £20m this year. 11-Jun-1999 BPB is to restructure its European plasterboard business in order to reduce costs by £20m a year, and an unspecified number of jobs will be lost. 26-Mar-1999 BPB is being investigated by the European Commission over allegations of anti-competitive practice in the plasterboard industry. 27-Nov-1998 BPB is to acquire the remaining 75% of Gyproc, the Scandinavian plasterboard company, from its joint venture partner Scancem for £95m. 13-Oct-1998 BPB is to close its unlined chipboard mill in Radcliffe, Manchester, with the loss of 285 jobs. 17-Sep-1998 BPB, the building materials group, is planning to open plants in six countries over the next year and may include Asia in its international expansion programme. 26-Jun-1998 BPB has acquired Gipsunion's gypsum quarry, block manufacturing and plasterboard distribution operations in Switzerland for £12.6m, but has also taken a £22m exceptional write-down following the sale of its Dutch cartonboard business. 05-Feb-1998 BPB is planning to sell two paperboard mills in Manchester and the Netherlands and is to close its Northwich head office, in order to focus on the production of paperboard liners and cigarette and whisky cartons. 28-Nov-1997 BPB, the plasterboard company, has detailed its international expansion plans, which include plants in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, and a possible move into Russia, but it has shelved plans for a US acquisition. 31-Oct-1997 BPB Industries has bought a further 34.8% of the shares of Gypsum Industries, the South African plasterboard maker, for £28m. 27-Jun-1996 BPB Industries, the plasterboard maker, is to set up a number of joint ventures with Matte Group of Chile, in order to develop the South American market. 15-Jun-1996 BPB Industries is forming a joint venture with Saint Gobain of France to make glass fibre insulation in the UK. 24-May-1996 BPB Industries, the plasterboard maker, is buying the remaining 80% of Borgardts, the German maker of gypsum plasters, for £21m. 26-Apr-1996
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