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Hampson Industries has sold Hampson Aerospace Machining, the precision machining firm with 300 staff, to Darwin Private Equity for £24m. 18-Aug-2009 Hampson Industries is to acquire Odyssey Industries and Global Tooling Systems, two US-based tooling suppliers with a combined workforce of 530, for £158m. 05-May-2008 Hampson Industries has sold its precision industrial division, which makes components and assemblies for the glass bottle and container manufacturing industry, to a new company called Lattimer Holdings for £4m. 28-Jun-2007 Hampson Industries has acquired Composites Horizons, the US manufacturer of aircraft composite materials, for £12m. 04-Dec-2006 Hampson Industries has acquired Coast Composites, the US precision tools manufacturer, and Lamsco West, the US manufacturer of laminated aerospace components, for a total £61m. 03-Jan-2006 Hampson Industries has acquired Texstars, the US manufacturer of aircraft parts with 250 staff, for £22m. 26-Oct-2004 Hampson Industries is to raise £14m in a share issue to fund the expansion of its aircraft components manufacturing business. 22-Mar-2004 Hampson Industries has won a £200m contract to manufacture aircraft wing parts for Eclipse Aviation of the US, which will create up to 300 jobs at factories in Wigan and Birmingham. 15-Dec-2003 Hampson Industries is considering plans to shed up to 370 jobs at three aerospace engineering plants, including Coventry, Bolton and Newtown in Mid Wales. 29-Jan-2002 Hampson Industries is expanding its Bellhouse Hartwell aircraft parts factory in Westhoughton at a cost of £1m, and 60 jobs will be created. 09-Feb-2000 Hampson Industries has closed its Aldec aluminium smelter in Willenhall, with the loss of 37 jobs. 17-Dec-1999 Hampson Industries is closing aluminium smelters in Scotland and West Bromwich, as part of a strategy to reduce its metals business and focus more on the aerospace sector. 29-Jun-1999 Hampson Industries, the specialist engineering concern, has acquired Walburton Holdings and its trading division WB for £2.7m. 23-Jul-1998 Hampson Industries has acquired Attewell Group, which includes Attewell and Pillar Seals & Gaskets, for £10m. 03-Mar-1998 Hampson Industries is to acquire Arabis, the engineering company, for £17.5m. 30-Jan-1997 Hampson Industries is to buy Brookside Metal Company for £5.8m so that it will rely less on the automotive sector. 26-Jan-1996
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