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Wolseley has acquired a number of plastic pipe distribution companies from Glynwed Pipe Systems for £23m. 22-Jul-2002 Glynwed is to close its Falcon Castings foundry in Larbert with the loss of 50 jobs, in order to transfer the work to a plant near Telford. 09-Feb-2001 Glynwed is to sell its core pipes division to Etex Group of Belgium for £786m, and also plans to change its name to Aga Foodservice Group and focus on kitchen equipment. 23-Jan-2001 Glynwed is planning to demerge its consumer and food service division, which includes Aga cookers, from its core pipe manufacturing business. 23-Nov-2000 Glynwed has acquired Mono, the Swansea-based bakery equipment manufacturer, in a deal thought to be worth more than £11m. 27-Jul-2000 Glynwed is looking to spend up to £100m on acquisitions, with the focus on pipes and catering equipment. 22-Mar-2000 Glynwed is planning to set up factories to manufacture plastic pipes in the US, in order to expand its recently-acquired Ipex business in Canada. 09-Sep-1999 Glynwed International has acquired Victory Refrigeration Company, the US refrigeration equipment company, for £16m. 06-Jul-1999 Glynwed International has acquired Ipex, the plastic pipes company, from Canada's Ivaco and Sceptor Holdings for £220m. 03-Jul-1999 Glynwed International has sold its three remaining metal processing businesses to Niagara Corporation of the US for £21m, in order to focus on pipe systems and food services. 20-Apr-1999 Glynwed is looking to spend up to £300m on acquisitions to expand its engineering business, with its two core divisions being kitchen equipment and pipe systems. 25-Mar-1999 Glynwed is to sell most of its metals-processing business to Tyco International for £145m, and the proceeds will be used to acquire pipe distribution and commercial kitchen equipment companies. 26-Feb-1999 Glynwed is selling Amari Plastics and Port Plastics to an unnamed US company for £19m, as part of a strategy to focus on its pipe systems and food services divisions. 02-Feb-1999 Glynwed has acquired Friatac, the German plastic pipes company, for £174m, which will give it a leading position in the world market as well as access to eastern Europe, Brazil and the US. 07-Oct-1998 Glynwed International has acquired Williams Refrigeration for £44m, which will give it a leading position in the market for commercial catering equipment. 14-Jul-1998 Kingston Metals is acquiring Glynwed's metals distribution business for £100m, leaving Glynwed free to focus on pipe systems and its consumer and food service products business. 26-May-1998 Glynwed has acquired Straub Holding, the Swiss stainless steel couplings concern, for £34m and will integrate the business with its pipe-systems division. 19-May-1998 Glynwed International is in discussions to sell its metals processing and metals services divisions in order to focus on pipes and kitchen equipment. 15-May-1998 Glynwed is to auction its metals distribution and processing divisions, and could raise up to £400m. 23-Mar-1998 Glynwed has sold three businesses serving the construction markets for a total £3.3m - Leavlite Electropaint, IsoSystems and PTFE Fabricators. 17-Jan-1998 Glynwed International has sold its foundry business, which makes cast iron pipes, to Saint Gobain of France for £37m. 26-Sep-1997 Glynwed International is acquiring Industrial Plastics Technology, the US distributor of pipes and fittings in the eastern states, for £14.5m. 15-Aug-1997 Glynwed International is looking to buy a US manufacturing base for its catering equipment operation, and increase the markets served by its pipe systems operation, as part of a plan to change the focus of the engineering group. 13-Aug-1997 Glynwed International has sold Wednesbury Tube, the copper tube maker, to Mueller Industries of the US for about £12m. 04-Mar-1997 Glynwed International, the engineering concern, is to sell off 22 non-core businesses later this year, mainly in construction products. 15-Aug-1996
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