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Delta has acquired Webforge Group, the manufacturer of gratings for industrial flooring with 11 plants in Asia and Australia, from Pacifica Group for £19m. 19-Feb-2003 Delta is to sell its Birmingham-based electrical division, which has 3,400 staff, to Eaton Corporation for £130m. 10-Dec-2002 Delta is to sell Sourdillon, the manufacturer of gas burners in France, Mexico and the US, to Burner Systems International for £18m. 24-Apr-2002 Delta is to sell Delta Fluid Products of St Helens and Donald Brown of Stretford to management for £5.5m, as part of a strategy to dispose of its plumbing operations. 11-Dec-2001 Oystertec has acquired the plumbing division of Delta for £28m, as part of a strategy to develop its own European pipe-fitting distribution network. 25-Oct-2001 Delta is to cut 185 jobs at its Midland Electrical Manufacturing switchgear and control box factories in Birmingham and Holyhead. 20-Mar-2001 Delta is planning to sell the holding company of its United Power electrical equipment business to Danaher of the US for £70m. 23-Nov-2000 Delta is considering plans to set up a new electronics factory in Holyhead that could create 1,000 jobs, and has applied for a £20m regional assistance grant from the Welsh Assembly. 07-Apr-2000 Delta is to cut up to 600 jobs in its electrical and plumbing operations as part of an ongoing restructuring programme. 13-Jul-1999 Delta is to cut 300 jobs in its plumbing products and electrical divisions over the next two years, at a cost of £3.5m. 24-Mar-1999 Delta has sold its cables business to Draka Holdings of the Netherlands for an initial £22m. 03-Mar-1999 Delta has sold four materials operations to Marmon of the US for £20m in order to focus on its core electrical and engineering services business. 27-Nov-1998 Delta has sold its industrial fasteners distribution business in Australia to Coventry Group for £9m. 04-Nov-1998 TT is said to be considering a bid for Delta Group, the maker of circuit breakers and cables, having built up a 1.38% stake in the company. 14-Oct-1998 Delta is to cut 230 jobs from its electrical and plumbing divisions over the next six months, in order to save £4m a year. 16-Sep-1998 Delta is to acquire Holec Holland, the Dutch electrical switchgear manufacturer, for £83m. 25-Mar-1998 BICC and Delta have agreed a £40m asset swap that will see Delta acquire BICC's construction and building wire business and BICC acquire Delta's power and rubber cables business, and about 870 jobs could be lost as a result. 13-Feb-1998 Delta, the electrical and engineering services company, is to spend £8.5m increasing its stake in its South African associate to 50.1%, which will give Delta a 20% share in the world market for electrolytic manganese dioxide. 14-Jan-1998 Delta's plumbing products division has acquired National Vulcan Safety Products from Royal & Sun Alliance for £4.5m. 15-Oct-1997 Delta is looking to sell about 40% of its businesses, including power cables and copper-based extrusions, in order to focus on electrical protection products, galvanising and electrolytic manganese and plumbing products. 17-Sep-1997 Delta is planning a reorganisation which will see it pull out of low-growth manufacturing in order to focus on cable and circuit protection operations. 19-Mar-1997 Delta is to close its north London wire mill and reorganise its activities in the Midlands and south Wales, with the loss of 90 jobs. 17-Jan-1997 Delta is to concentrate on high technology cables and specialist engineering, and withdraw from poor performing operations such as those that rely on the construction industry. 13-Mar-1996 Delta is to reorganise its cables business, concentrating on speciality products and pulling out of low-margin work. 12-Sep-1995
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