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Courtaulds Textiles is planning to shed 120 jobs at its factory in Peterlee, in order to consolidate production in West Auckland. 23-Apr-2001 Courtaulds Textiles has announced plans to shed 48 jobs at its lingerie factory in Limavady, Northern Ireland, and a further 20 will be transferred to Nottingham. 02-Feb-2001 Courtaulds is to close its lingerie factory at Carn in County Armagh with the loss of 137 jobs. 18-Jan-2001 Courtaulds Textiles is to close its lingerie factory in Wrexham with the loss of 167 jobs, having failed to find a buyer. 06-Dec-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is planning to close a Ladieswear factory in Peterlee with the loss of 370 jobs. 27-Nov-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is planning to close its Ladieswear factory in Blyth, with the loss of 280 jobs. 25-Sep-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is to shed a further 650 jobs by closing its main knitwear site in Worksop and a fashion business in Heanor. 21-Jul-2000 Courtaulds Textiles has sold Christy, the Cheshire-based towels business, to management for £15m. 10-Jul-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is planning to close factories in Bolsover, Derbyshire, and Wishaw, Warwickshire, with the loss of 495 jobs, and a further 111 jobs will be lost at a lingerie factory in Middlesbrough. 15-May-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is planning to close two lingerie factories in Derby and County Armagh with the loss of more than 300 jobs. 14-Apr-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is planning to shed up to 73 jobs at its Rowley Casualwear factory in Ipswich, due to competition in the childrenswear market. 03-Apr-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is to be acquired by Sara Lee of the US for £150m plus debt, which will double the size of Sara Lee's European clothing business. 27-Mar-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is to shed 500 jobs and close two more factories in Nottingham and Mansfield, in order to transfer production overseas. 15-Mar-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is to sell its Standfast and Weavestyle furnishings operations to Walker Greenbank for £9m, and is now looking to sell Zorbit nursery products and Christy towels. 21-Feb-2000 Courtaulds Textiles has received a £104m takeover approach from Sara Lee, the US consumer products group. 15-Feb-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is to close its Alfreton factory with the expected loss of 214 jobs, in order to transfer more production to Sri Lanka and Morocco. 14-Feb-2000 Courtaulds Textiles is planning to close its Rowley Casualwear factory at Ollerton in Nottinghamshire, with the loss of 114 jobs. 19-Jan-2000 Courtaulds Textiles has announced a cost-cutting programme to save £50m a year, which will involve the transfer of more production to overseas factories. 24-Nov-1999 Courtaulds Textiles is said to be planning to launch a bid for the Pringle knitwear group, which is being sold by Dawson International for about £10m. 16-Oct-1999 Courtaulds Textiles is to close its Rowley Socks factory in Derby by the end of the year with the loss of 153 jobs. 02-Oct-1999 Courtaulds Textiles is to cut 65 jobs at the Sutton Hosiery Company and its warehouse and packing unit will be transferred to a new facility near Heanor. 06-Jul-1999 Courtaulds Textiles is to shed up to 40 jobs at its Courtaulds Socks knitting department in Leicester, in order to improve efficiency. 31-Mar-1999 Courtaulds Textiles is considering plans to sell its home furnishings business for about £30m, in order to focus on fabrics and branded clothing. 09-Mar-1999 Courtaulds Textiles is to close two clothing factories in Wallsend and Fencehouses near Sunderland, with the loss of 440 jobs. 19-Feb-1999 Courtaulds Textiles is to cut 1,125 jobs by restructuring its Claremont Textiles business, with eight factories being closed in the north-east, Hampshire, Sussex, Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. 02-Dec-1998 Courtaulds Textiles is planning to acquire Claremont Garments for £10m, and claims the deal will make it the leading supplier to Marks & Spencer. 17-Sep-1998 Courtaulds Textiles is forming a joint venture with Collins & Aikman, the US supplier of automotive interior systems. 25-Nov-1997
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