Intertek Group has acquired Labs & Testing, the Chile-based non-destructive testing firm with 80 staff, for £1.3m. 12-Dec-2011
Amec is to acquire Cade-Idepe, the Chilean engineering services company with 540 staff, for £12m. 17-Sep-2007
Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired Time Research, the Chile-based market research company with 51 staff, for undisclosed terms. 13-Nov-2006
Shell has sold its fuels business in Peru, including service stations, industrial and marine fuels, to Empressa Nacional del Petroleo of Chile for undisclosed terms. 18-Aug-2004
AWG is to sell its 50% stake in Esval, the Chile-based water company, to Consorcio Financiero and the Moneda Chile Fund for £55m. 21-Oct-2003
Compania Sud Americana de Vapores of Chile has established an agency headquarters for its shipping business in Liverpool, and the initial workforce of 60 is expected to grow. 10-Oct-2003
AWG is looking to sell its international services division for about £150m, including water operations in China, Ireland, Thailand, Chile and the Czech Republic. 08-Oct-2002
Anglian Water has paid £87m for a controlling stake in Esval, the Chilean water company, and will use it as a platform to launch other Latin American businesses. 07-Jul-2000
Thames Water is forming a joint venture with Electricidade de Portugal in order to participate in water and waste projects in Brazil, Chile and Portugal. 25-May-1999
Inchcape is to sell its Latin American bottling operation to Embotelladora Arica of Chile for $750m. 02-Feb-1999
Anglian Water has won Chile's first water privatisation contest, to serve the city of Valparaiso, in a joint venture with Enersis of Chile. 23-Dec-1998
Bupa is looking to form partnerships to move into Chile's health insurance market, and it is also considering setting up in Argentina. 01-Jun-1998
Blue Circle Industries has acquired the cement business of Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile for £19m through its Empresas Melon subsidiary, and SQM will take a 14% stake in Melon. 21-May-1998
Whittard of Chelsea has opened its first tea and coffee shop in Chile, and is now looking for franchisees to open shops in Germany and the US. 20-Apr-1998
Street Crane, the manufacturer of overhead hoists, is planning to treble its £4.5m-a-year exports by setting up partnerships with companies in countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Chile. 05-Jan-1998
Royal & Sun Alliance is acquiring a 40% stake in La Construccion, the third largest life assurer in Chile, for £75m. 13-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
Laura Ashley is to open seven franchised clothing and home furnishings stores in Chile and ten in Argentina, in its first move into South America. 04-Sep-1997
Redland, the building materials concern, is looking at ways to move back into South Africa later this year, and also aims to set up joint ventures in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and India. 13-Aug-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
Burmah Castrol is selling its filling stations in Turkey and Chile and hopes to sell its Swedish network soon, as part of a strategy to pull out of fuel retailing. 17-Feb-1996
Unilever is acquiring Consorcio Agro Industrial de Malloa, the Chilean food manufacturing group that is the leading tomato paste producer, for £66m. 15-Feb-1996
SeaPerfect, the shellfish concern, has had its shares suspended because of failure to gain funding in Chile to support its working capital requirements. 24-Jan-1996