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Harrisons & Crosfield has acquired Rheox, the US maker of additives for industrial coatings, for £280m, thereby completing its transformation into a chemicals company. 31-Dec-1997 Harrisons & Crosfield is disposing of two flour mills for £12m in order to focus on speciality chemicals. 16-Dec-1997 Harrisons & Crosfield has sold Edward Baker Petfoods to Ralston Purina Company of the US for £106m, in order to focus on its core speciality chemicals business. 06-Dec-1997 Harrisons & Crosfield is to be renamed Elementis, and plans to focus on speciality chemicals when it has found buyers for its agricultural businesses such as BOCM Pauls. 22-Oct-1997 Harrisons & Crosfield is to sell Moore's Lumber and Building Supplies, its US builders' merchant business, to MLBS Acquisition for £39m. 14-Oct-1997 Meyer International is acquiring Harcros, the builders' merchant, from Harrisons & Crosfield for over £300m, making it the largest builders' merchant in the UK. 13-Oct-1997 Harrisons & Crosfield has completed its withdrawal from tropical plantations with the sale of its 54% stake in New Britain Palm Oil to the government of Papua New Guinea for £42m. 23-Aug-1996 Harrisons & Crosfield is expected to sell-off the palm oil company it owns jointly with the government of Papua New Guinea, a move which will represent the end of its links with the tropical plantation industry. 03-Aug-1996 Harrisons & Crosfield is looking at the possibility of floating its palm oil plantation operation in Papua New Guinea to raise up to £30m. 21-Mar-1996 Harrisons & Crosfield has acquired Daniel Products, the US maker of chemicals for coatings, for $30m. 02-Feb-1996 Harrisons & Crosfield has bought Petfood Service, the Dutch dry petfood concern, for £6.2m. 02-Dec-1995 Meyer International, the building materials concern, is selling its German operation and buying K&B Forest Products from Harrisons & Crosfield. 11-Nov-1995 Harrisons & Crosfield is planning to restructure, mainly in timber processing, with 500 job cuts. 04-Oct-1995
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