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Dawson International Dawson International is considering plans to close its Dorma bed linen distribution centre in Salford, which employs 76 people. 16-Mar-2006 Dawson International, the cashmere supplier, is to raise £1.5m in a share placing to boost working capital. 21-Nov-2005 Dawson International is to acquire Dorma, the bed linen manufacturer with two plants in the north west, from Coats for £10m. 17-Jan-2005 Dawson International is to sell Ballantyne, its Innerleithen-based cashmere factory with 200 staff, to a group of Italian investors for £14m. 16-Mar-2004 Dawson International has shed 33 jobs at its site in Kinross, and will transfer most of its cashmere fibre processing to China. 08-Dec-2003 Dawson International is to shed about 50 jobs in the Scottish Borders, including 39 of the 227 jobs at the Barrie Knitwear factory in Hawick. 07-May-2002 Dawson International is opening new premises at the Arbroath Business Centre for its Ballantyne Cashmere business, and will recruit 12 collar binders. 11-Jun-2001 Dawson International is planning to relocate its cashmere de-hairing operation from Bradford to Kinross, in a £2.5m investment that will create about 70 jobs. 13-Apr-2001 Dawson International, the textiles company, has received a takeover approach from the Guinness Peat finance house. 06-Oct-2000 Dawson International is to close its Laidlaw & Fairgrieve wool yarn spinning business this month, with the loss of 290 jobs in Dalkeith and Selkirk. 05-Jun-2000 Dawson International is to sell its Pringle knitwear business to Fang Brothers Knitting of Hong Kong for about £5m. 15-Feb-2000 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 Dawson International is looking to sell its Pringle sportswear division in order to focus on its cashmere business, and expects to receive indicative offers within weeks. 17-Sep-1999 Dawson International has sold its JE Morgan thermal underwear business in the US to Sara Lee for £60m, in order to reduce debt and focus on its cashmere products. 04-Aug-1999 Dawson International is in talks to sell its US textile operations JE Morgan and Duofold to Sara Lee. 02-Jul-1999 Dawson International is selling Dawson Fur Fabrics to a new company formed by 3i for £17m, as part of a strategy to dispose of non-core businesses. 20-Mar-1999 Dawson International is looking to sell a number of businesses, including fur fabrics and carpet yarns, in order to focus on cashmere products and leading brands such as Pringle and Ballantyne. 04-Mar-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007