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CRH is to shed 62 jobs at its Tyrone Brick factory in Coalisland, County Tyrone. 11-Mar-2009 CRH is to acquire Ancon Building Products, the Sheffield-based manufacturer of stainless steel fixing systems, for £88m. 17-Apr-2008 CRH is to acquire Ashland Paving & Construction, the US-based asphalt and aggregates supplier, for £688m. 22-Aug-2006 CRH is to acquire Cementbouw, the Dutch building materials and DIY group, for £488m. 30-Jul-2003 CRH has acquired EHL Group, the German concrete paving company with 32 depots and 1,350 staff, for £93m. 03-May-2002 CRH has acquired Hallet Materials and Des Moines Asphalt & Paving in the US for £53m, as well as a 25% stake in the Mashav cement business in Israel. 13-Aug-2001 CRH has acquired Mount Hope Rock Products of New Jersey for up to £100m, in order to expand its aggregates and asphalt business in the US. 01-May-2001 CRH is planning to acquire Addtek International, the Finnish cement company, for about £260m. 12-Mar-2001 CRH is raising £700m in a rights issue to fund international acquisitions for its building materials business. 07-Mar-2001 CRH has acquired Jura Group, the Swiss producer of cement and ready-mix concrete, for £255m. 10-Nov-2000 CRH is planning to raise £230m in a share placing in order to fund acquisitions for its worldwide building materials business. 06-Sep-2000 CRH is to expand its US aggregates and building materials business by acquiring Dolomite Group and the Northern Ohio Paving Company for a total £114m. 22-Jun-2000 Yule Catto is selling its rooflight business to CRH for £39m, in order to reduce debt and increase its focus on speciality chemicals. 28-Mar-2000 CRH has acquired Shelley, the US aggregates group, for £226m, as part of a strategy to expand its building materials business in the Midwest. 25-Feb-2000 CRH is acquiring Thompson-McCully, the US aggregates and asphalt supplier, for £218m, in order to gain a base in the mid-west. 09-Jul-1999 CRH has acquired two US aggregate companies - Millington Quarry and Dell Contractors - for £91m, and hopes to benefit from an increase in federal highway funding in New Jersey. 06-Jul-1999 CRH has acquired two Finnish cement and aggregates businesses from Scancem of Sweden for £273m, and is now looking to expand into the Baltic states and eastern Europe. 11-May-1999 Travis Perkins is to acquire Keyline, the builders' merchant, from CRH for £181m, in order to expand its business in Scotland and the north of England. 29-Apr-1999 CRH has put its Keyline chain of 101 builders' merchants up for sale, and it is expected to fetch up to £200m. 23-Jan-1999 CRH has acquired a further 30% stake in Ibstock, the brick maker, from Weinerberger of Austria for £97m, which lifts its holding to 80.5%. 15-Jan-1999 CRH of Ireland has acquired a 50.7% stake in Ibstock, in a deal that values the UK brick maker at £326m. 22-Dec-1998 CRH has acquired two French companies for £13m - Raboni, the Paris-based builders merchant, and Prefaest, the maker of drainage systems. 29-Sep-1998 CRH of Ireland is planning to spend up to £420m an acquisitions to expand its UK and European building materials business. 02-Sep-1998 CRH, the Irish building materials group, has announced 14 small acquisitions at a total cost of £70m, including a builders merchant in Stoke, a fencing company in Doncaster, and a number of deals in the US and Europe. 03-Jul-1998 CRH of Ireland is acquiring MA Segale, the US aggregates, paving and construction business, for £36m. 02-May-1998 CRH of Ireland has spent a further £40m on the acquisition of a number of small North American and European building materials companies, including businesses involved in glass distribution, masonry, paving, concrete bricks and fencing. 21-Jan-1998 CRH has acquired New York Trap Rock, the US aggregates company, for £25m. 14-Oct-1997 CRH has made two US acquisitions for a total £16.4m - Trenwyth Industries of Pennsylvania, the maker of masonry products, and Akron Brick and Block of Ohio. 07-Oct-1997 CRH of Ireland is acquiring CPM, the US producer of aggregates, concrete and asphalt, for £59m, and says it will continue to look for more bolt-on acquisitions in the US building materials sector. 18-Sep-1997 CRH has announced acquisitions worth up to £30m, including DIY outlets and building supplies depots in the Netherlands, a French builders merchant, a brickmaker and maker of skylights and smoke ventilation systems. 10-Jan-1997 Wickes, the troubled DIY chain, has seen its shares resume trading following a six-month suspension, and there is now speculation over a possible takeover bid from companies such as CRH or RMC. 08-Jan-1997 CRH is acquiring Tilcon, the US roadstone business, from BTR for $329m, making CRH the biggest construction materials supplier in the northeastern US. 05-Sep-1996 CRH of Dublin is in discussions to buy Tilcon, the American roadstone business, from BTR for about £180m. 22-Aug-1996 CRH of Dublin has acquired an aggregates business in Utah for I£10.5m, and is also planning to invest I£10.5m in upgrading manufacturing facilities at its Dutch Brick subsidiary in the Netherlands. 13-Aug-1996 CRH of Dublin has bought Allied Building Products, the US roofing and cladding supplier, for $121m. 05-Jul-1996 CRH has expanded its US building materials business with a number of acquisitions - Ritangela of NY state, Brooks Products, and Foster and Southeastern of Massachusetts. 08-May-1996 CRH of Dublin is buying The Jack B Parson Companies, the quarry business with operations in Utah, Nevada and Idaho, for $87m. 21-Mar-1996 CRH, the building materials concern, plans to make further small acquisitions this year, particularly in eastern Europe. 06-Mar-1996 CRH is looking to expand its building materials business in Germany through acquisition, and aims to generate two-thirds of its profits from overseas. 16-Feb-1996 CRH is expanding its US masonry products business and has also bought Grillo Bausysteme, the German rooflight maker, and Vebofoam, the Belgian polystyrene insulation concern. 11-Jan-1996 CRH has bought a strategic stake in Cementownia Ozarow, the Polish cement maker. 18-Oct-1995
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