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British Polythene Industries is to close its polythene film factory at Brampton in Cumbria, with the loss of up to 39 jobs. 14-Jan-2010 British Polythene Industries is investing £7m in the expansion of its film production site at Ardeer in Ayrshire, with the creation of 40 jobs. 28-Sep-2009 British Polythene Industries has closed its packaging factory in Cowdenbeath, with the loss of 35 jobs. 06-Jul-2009 British Polythene Industries is to close its heavy-duty sacks and industrial films factory in Stockton-on-Tees, with the loss of 165 jobs, but up to 40 jobs will be created at sites in Ardeer and Greenock during 2009. 26-Nov-2008 British Polythene Industries has acquired AT Films, the Canadian manufacturer of polythene film products for agriculture with 65 staff, from Celanese for £6m. 22-Aug-2007 British Polythene Industries is planning to close its plastic films factory in North Lincolnshire with the loss of up to 39 jobs. 30-Jan-2007 British Polythene Industries is to shed 30 of the 180 jobs at its site in Stockton, in order to transfer refuse sack manufacturing to other locations. 12-Jan-2007 British Polythene Industries is to create up to ten jobs following a £2m investment in the expansion of capacity at its plastics recycling plant in Dumfries. 04-Apr-2006 British Polythene Industries is planning to create up to 40 new jobs at its factory in Heanor next year, and has just completed a £2.5m investment in new machinery. 29-Nov-2005 British Polythene Industries is considering plans to close its plastic packaging factory in Ipswich with the loss of more than 60 jobs, as well as a refuse sacks plant in Redditch. 10-May-2005 British Polythene Industries is to relocate a packaging materials manufacturing operation from Witney to Heanor in Derbyshire, where 30 new jobs will be created. 23-Dec-2003 British Polythene is to sell Welton Bibby & Baron, the Bath-based manufacturer of paper bag packaging with 221 staff, to management for £7.8m. 23-Jun-2003 British Polythene has sold its automotive protective films packaging business to TVIP Corby. 04-Oct-2002 British Polythene Industries has sold its Nelson Packaging business to a management buy-out for £2m. 05-Dec-2001 Bunzl is to acquire the carrier bag supply business of British Polythene for up to £8.5m. 06-Jul-2001 British Polythene Industries is to close its Plasti-Covers plastic bags factory in Irvine with the loss of 35 jobs. 03-Apr-2001 British Polythene Industries has defeated a £114m hostile takeover bid from Macfarlane, ending three months of disagreements between the two companies. 18-Dec-2000 British Polythene Industries is to close a polythene factory in Workington and distribution depots in Nottingham, Birmingham and Newcastle, with the loss of 75 jobs. 13-Dec-2000 British Polythene Industries is to close its Flexer Sacks factory in Portslade with the loss of up to 54 jobs, in order to relocate production to plants in Glasgow and Teesside. 25-Oct-2000 British Polythene Industries has rejected a £92m hostile takeover bid from Macfarlane. 22-Sep-2000 British Polythene Industries has sold its flexibles business to a management buy-out team called Inhoco 2107 for £6.6m, and the deal includes Britannia Packaging in Stoke-on-Trent. 06-Sep-2000 British Polythene Industries is planning to close its Bibby & Baron paper bag factory in Bury with the loss of 180 jobs, and work will be moved to another plant in Somerset where 50 new jobs will be created. 03-May-2000 British Polythene Industries is to cut at least 80 jobs in response to rising raw material prices, and is looking to restructure or sell many of its 60 UK sites. 29-Feb-2000 British Polythene Industries is shedding 185 jobs this year, with the closure of its Dundee factory following on from the recent closure of its Stourton factory. 14-Sep-1999 British Polythene Industries is acquiring Nottingham Rope & Twine for £0.7m. 14-Apr-1999 Low & Bonar is selling its European polyethylene film business to British Polythene Industries for £7.7m, and also announced a £13m restructuring of its UK carton and North American plastic sack businesses. 02-Dec-1997 British Polythene Industries is to restructure plants in Bury and Derbyshire that produce bags for supermarkets, due to increasing competition from Asia. 04-Mar-1997 British Polythene Industries is to double output from its Chinese factory this year to 8,000 tonnes a year, as part of a £20m capital expenditure plan. 10-Sep-1996 British Polythene Industries has bought Bibby & Baron, the paper and polythene bags concern, for £7.4m. 05-Mar-1996 British Polythene Industries has acquired Zedcor, the Oxfordshire-based polythene supplier, for £3.5m. 10-Jan-1996 British Polythene Industries has bought Paramount Packaging, Excelsior Packaging and Excelsior Polyfilms for £1.98m. 14-Nov-1995 Parkside International is in discussions with British Polythene Industries over its possible sale, having suffered a downturn in business. 14-Sep-1995 British Polythene Industries has started plastic bag production at its new Chinese plant. 12-Sep-1995
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