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Bunzl has bought WK Thomas of Chessington and Industrial Supplies of Peterborough out of administration, in order to expand its catering and cleaning products distribution business. 19-Mar-2009 Bunzl is to acquire A&E Russell, the Glasgow-based supplier of personal protection products with 11 sites nationwide and estimated gross assets of £10m. 08-Jul-2008 Bunzl has acquired Worldpack Trading, the Dutch distributor of promotional packaging products with gross assets of £5.5m. 02-Jul-2008 Bunzl has acquired Care Shop, the Bolton-based supplier of consumables for the independent care and nursing homes market, from Verna Group Holdings. 18-Dec-2007 Bunzl is to acquire DG Distributors & Vendors, the Irish distributor of foodservice disposables that trades as Irish Merchants and has annual revenue of £30m. 06-Sep-2007 Bunzl has acquired Coffee Point Group, the London-based vending machine operator with annual sales of £45m. 20-Aug-2007 Bunzl is to acquire King Benelux Holding, the Dutch distributor of products to the healthcare and contract cleaning sectors, for £39m. 16-Jul-2007 Keenpac, the Leicester-based retail packaging company with 700 staff around the world, has been acquired by Bunzl for an estimated £60m. 15-Dec-2006 Bunzl has acquired Cole Harford, the US supplier of disposable products, for undisclosed terms. 05-Oct-2006 Bunzl has acquired Morgan Scott, the Canadian food service distributor, and United American Sales, the US safety equipment supplier. 30-Aug-2006 Bunzl has acquired Southern Syringe Services, the London-based supplier of consumables to the NHS, private hospitals and nursing homes. 06-Jul-2006 Bunzl has acquired Allcare Disposable Products, the Australian supplier of disposable products to food processors with annual revenue of £10m. 07-Apr-2006 Bunzl has acquired The Midshires Group, the vending machine operator with sites in Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Loughborough and Northampton, as well as Master Craft Packaging Corporation of the US. 02-Feb-2006 Bunzl has acquired Retail Resources, the US-based supplier of bags, boxes and other store supplies with annual sales of £17m. 11-Oct-2005 Bunzl has acquired AW Mendenhall, the US-based supplier of industrial packaging and disposable products with gross assets of £11m. 30-Sep-2005 Bunzl has acquired Sanicare, the Australian supplier of disposable healthcare products, for up to £6.4m. 29-Jul-2005 Bunzl has acquired Tecep France, the French packaging supplier with operations in Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Poland. 05-Jul-2005 Bunzl is planning to demerge its Filtrona cigarette filters business, in order to focus on outsourcing services. 01-Mar-2005 Bunzl is to acquire Gelpa Verpakkingsgroep, the Dutch packaging and consumables supplier, for £30m. 20-Dec-2004 Bunzl has acquired Joseph Weil & Sons of the US and Beltex of Hungary, two distributors of cleaning and safety products. 25-Nov-2004 Bunzl has acquired the disposable consumables and packaging distribution business of Cospak in Australia. 06-Oct-2004 Bunzl has acquired TSN, the US supplier of disposable goods, for undisclosed terms. 01-Sep-2004 Bunzl has acquired Groupe Pierre Le Goff, the French distributor of cleaning and safety products, for £157m. 11-May-2004 Bunzl is to acquire Skiffy Group, the Dutch supplier of plastic components, for £19m, and has also announced the acquisitions of Prolix Packaging of the US and O'Mahony Packaging of Ireland. 10-Feb-2004 Bunzl has acquired MultiLine, the Danish distributor of consumables to the hotel and catering industries, for undisclosed terms. 03-Nov-2003 Bunzl has agreed to acquire Baumgartner Fibertec, the Swiss manufacturer of cigarette filters and capillary reservoirs. 15-Sep-2003 Bunzl has acquired Enterprise Incorporated, the US distributor of supplies to food processing plants, from ConAgra Foods for undisclosed terms. 25-Feb-2003 Bunzl has acquired Thomas McLaughlin, the Irish distributor of catering equipment with annual sales of £14m, in order to expand its outsourcing services business. 24-Dec-2002 Bunzl has acquired Kenco Sales of Seattle for undisclosed terms, in order to expand its plastic and paper products business in the US. 02-Jul-2002 Bunzl has sold its paper distribution business to PaperLinX of Australia for £139m, and the proceeds will be used to reduce debt. 27-Jun-2002 Bunzl has acquired Lockhart, the Reading-based supplier of catering equipment with annual sales of about £60m, from Sodexho. 28-May-2002 Bunzl has acquired WA Blyth, the Swansea-based distributor of personal protection equipment and hygiene supplies with annual sales of £16m. 06-Nov-2001 Bunzl is planning to relocate its Reel Paper Company paper distribution business and up to 40 staff from Nottingham to a new office and warehouse in Castle Donington in December. 02-Nov-2001 Bunzl has acquired Nebraska-based Packers, the supplier of disposable products to the beef and pork industry, for undisclosed terms. 24-Oct-2001 Bunzl has expanded its packaging consumables business with the acquisition of the DKI Group in Denmark and the Eastern Paper division of EPC Industries in Canada. 18-Oct-2001 Bunzl is to acquire the carrier bag supply business of British Polythene for up to £8.5m. 06-Jul-2001 Bunzl is seeking further acquisitions following a rise in profits, and is particularly interested in the supply of fresh food packaging to supermarkets, paper distribution, cigarette filters and plastics. 27-Feb-2001 Molins is planning to acquire Filtrona Instruments & Automation from Bunzl for £12m, in order to expand its packaging equipment business. 16-Oct-2000 Taylor Woodrow has sold Greenham Trading, the supplier of cleaning supplies, to Bunzl for £76m, and the proceeds will be invested in its property development business. 31-Jul-2000 Bunzl is planning to spend up to £200m on US and European acquisitions this year, in order to benefit from the growing trend towards outsourcing. 01-Mar-2000 Bunzl has sold its Stewart consumer plastics business to an institutional buy-out partly funded by NatWest Equity Partners. 23-Dec-1999 Bunzl has acquired Brierley-Almond, the Manchester-based distributor of disposable products, for a sum thought to be about £20m. 28-Sep-1999 Bunzl is acquiring Provend, the catering and vending company, for £28m, and may decide to sell the beverage vending side of the business. 09-Mar-1999 Bunzl has acquired Xpedx, the US distributor of disposable products, from International Paper for undisclosed terms. 10-Nov-1998 Bunzl is to acquire Grocery Supply Systems, the US supplier of disposable supermarket products, from Unisource Worldwide for £54m. 16-Aug-1997 Bunzl is to acquire AFC, the US plastics extrusion and fibres business, for £108m. 03-Jul-1997 Bunzl is acquiring American Filtrona, the US filter and fibre business, for £45m. 21-Feb-1997 Bunzl is acquiring Thinking Plastics of California for up to £2.5m. 09-Jan-1997 Bunzl has acquired RAP-ID Paper and Restaurant Supply of Canada for undisclosed terms. 07-Jan-1997 Bunzl is to sell its Italian and German fine papers businesses to KNP BT of the Netherlands for about £62m. 27-Dec-1996 Bunzl is discussing the acquisition of American Filtrona, the bonded fibres business, for about £50m. 14-Dec-1996 Bunzl is acquiring Jedco Paper, the distributor of paper and plastic disposable products based in Pennsylvania. 19-Jun-1996
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