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Christian Salvesen is to be acquired by Norbert Dentressangle of France for £254m, in order to create a combined transport group with 29,200 staff in 13 countries. 03-Oct-2007 Pinguin Foods has acquired the frozen vegetable processing business of Christian Salvesen for £17m, including three sites in Lincolnshire. 21-Aug-2007 Christian Salvesen Foods is to shed up to 41 of the 90 jobs at its repackaging division in Grimsby. 12-Mar-2007 Christian Salvesen has won a contract to provide warehousing and distribution services to Continental Tyre Group, which will involve the transfer of up to 150 jobs from the current TNT site in Rugby to Birmingham. 27-Jan-2006 Christian Salvesen is in merger talks with TDG, which could lead to the creation of a combined logistics group with annual turnover of £1.3bn. 04-Oct-2004 Christian Salvesen Foods is considering plans to shed up to 50 of the 120 jobs at its factory at Oulton Broad near Lowestoft, in order to transfer rice and green bean processing to sites in North Thoresby and Bourn. 09-Jan-2004 Christian Salvesen, the logistics group, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed financial buyer. 16-May-2003 Christian Salvesen is to sell its German industrial logistics business to a management buy-out for a nominal sum. 07-May-2003 Christian Salvesen is to shed up to 50 of the 231 jobs at its Ikea distribution warehouse in Thrapston, Northamptonshire. 11-Apr-2003 Christian Salvesen is planning to exit up to 10% of its UK industrial logistics business this year, as a result of higher labour and insurance costs. 20-Feb-2003 Christian Salvesen is considering plans to train refugees from eastern Europe to help ease the shortage of 20,000 drivers in the road haulage industry. 04-Dec-2002 Christian Salvesen is planning to shed 82 of the 152 jobs at the RVP Foods frozen vegetable processing plant in North Thoresby. 29-Apr-2002 Christian Salvesen has warned that up to 574 jobs could be lost at a depot in Droitwich Spa, due to Sainsbury's plan to replace its national network of 22 depots with seven large regional distribution centres. 01-May-2001 Christian Salvesen has restructured its food manufacturing business and shed about 50 jobs with the closure of factories in Dundee and Peterborough. 14-Mar-2001 Christian Salvesen is in negotiations to sell its closure-threatened food storage plant in Dundee to Alpine Cold Stores of Grimsby. 11-Jan-2001 Christian Salvesen is to acquire Darfeuille Associes, the French industrial logistics company, for up to £36m, and is now seeking acquisitions in Italy and the Benelux region. 29-Nov-2000 Christian Salvesen is setting up a new online service to offer next-day movement of palletised industrial freight to non-account customers. 02-Oct-2000 Christian Salvesen is to shed 60 jobs at its cold store and vegetable packing plant in Grimsby, following a fall in sales. 23-Aug-2000 Christian Salvesen has won a £60m contract to continue distributing automotive parts for General Motors in the UK and continental Europe. 10-Aug-2000 Christian Salvesen, the logistics group, has rejected a £530m takeover bid from AB Custos of Sweden. 21-Jul-2000 Christian Salvesen has acquired Tinsley Food for £4.9m, in order to expand its chilled food coverage in Kent, Lincolnshire and the north-west. 13-Mar-2000 Christian Salvesen is looking to spend up to £150m on acquisitions, in order to expand its European logistics business. 02-Dec-1999 Christian Salvesen has acquired Gerposa, the Spanish logistics company, for £67m, and is now in discussions to take control of a German business. 25-May-1999 Christian Salvesen is to close a frozen food warehouse in Paris and will reduce the number of processing plants in its food services division. 24-Nov-1998 J Sainsbury has bought a mechanised frozen food facility at Elstree from Christian Salvesen for £15m, but Salvesen will continue to run transport services from the site on behalf of Sainsbury. 28-Jul-1998 Sainsbury is negotiating the purchase of Christian Salvesen's lossmaking frozen food distribution site near Elstree for about £10m, and may seek to redevelop the facility. 14-May-1998 Christian Salvesen is forming a joint venture with Danone of France to distribute chilled foods in Spain, and will be responsible for the installation of a computer system as well as the management of the operation. 08-Apr-1998 Ikea, the home furnishings retailer, has awarded a £20m contract to Christian Salvesen to operate its first UK distribution centre. 09-Feb-1998 Christian Salvesen has announced plans to create a pan-European distribution network, which will involve joint ventures and acquisitions for its industrial division. 05-Dec-1997 Christian Salvesen has announced plans to demerge its Aggreko equipment hire business, which will be valued at about £390m, leaving Christian Salvesen to focus on logistics and food service. 03-Sep-1997 Christian Salvesen, the distribution company, is planning to demerge its Aggreko equipment hire operation in an effort to improve its financial performance. 11-Nov-1996 Christian Salvesen's directors have rejected the £1.18bn takeover bid from Hays, the distribution group, and are now considering a possible break-up or disposals. 07-Aug-1996 Hays is looking to buy Christian Salvesen, possibly for more than £1bn, in a deal that would create the largest distribution group in Europe. 26-Jul-1996 Christian Salvesen is said to be looking to sell its food services business, but would retain the cold storage and distribution activities of the division. 11-Jun-1996
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