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Headlam Group has acquired Florprotec, the Darlington-based supplier of floor protection products, for £1.2m, and will relocate the business to Tamworth. 01-May-2007 Headlam Group has acquired 3D Flooring Supplies, the distributor of commercial flooring with sites in Swansea, Cardiff and Taunton, for £1.4m. 03-Apr-2007 Headlam Group has acquired Concept Midlands, the West Bromwich-based commercial flooring distributor, for £1.7m. 10-Oct-2006 Headlam Group has acquired the retail division of Gaskell Flooring, which trades as Gaskell Wool Rich and Tomkinson Carpets, for £0.4m. 05-Apr-2005 Headlam Group has acquired Kingsmead Carpets, the carpet supplier, for £0.4m. 21-Sep-2004 Headlam has acquired National Carpets, the Rochdale-based carpet supplier, for an initial £3.4m. 05-May-2004 Headlam is investing £11m in a new floor coverings distribution centre in Tamworth this year, while its site in Thatcham will be expanded. 17-Mar-2004 Headlam Group has acquired Manx Carpets, the supplier of wool-rich carpets, for £0.5m. 04-Nov-2003 Headlam is setting up purpose-built distribution centres for its floorcoverings business, including a new site due to open in Leeds this month. 19-Aug-2003 Headlam Group has acquired Wolff Contract Carpet Mills of County Durham, and the business will be relocated to Headlam's floorcoverings distribution centre in Tamworth. 04-Nov-2002 Headlam Group has bought GAAS Flooring of Watford and GAAS Flooring Distributors of Cambridge out of administration, and will relocate the operations to its distribution centre in Bedford. 29-Oct-2002 Headlam has sold four trading companies in its window coverings business to Hunter Douglas for £12m, including Eclipse Blind Systems of Glasgow, OPM of Sweden, Vertika of Glasgow and O'Hanlon's of Powys. 05-Sep-2002 Headlam has acquired DJ Hann, the regional distributor of floorcoverings, for an initial £0.5m, and will relocate the business to Headlam's distribution centre in Newbury. 30-Apr-2002 Headlam has acquired the trading assets of the UK floor covering distribution business of Rikett AS of Norway for an initial £0.3m. 12-Feb-2002 Headlam has acquired the trade, stock and distribution rights of Georgian Carpets, the carpet supplier with annual turnover of £3m, and will relocate the business to its West Midlands distribution centre. 04-Jan-2002 Headlam has sold Gradus, the Macclesfield-based floorcoverings manufacturer, to a management buy-out for £32m, as part of a strategy to focus on distribution. 24-Dec-2001 Headlam has acquired Floorsales, the Northern Ireland-based distributor of commercial floorcoverings, for £0.4m, and the business will be relocated to a new warehouse and distribution facility. 04-Dec-2001 Headlam has sold Gordon John Textiles, the Salford Quays-based curtain manufacturer, to management for £2m, while Claremont Fabrics and BS Brown of Glossop have also been sold. 24-May-2001 Headlam is planning to restructure its Eclipse blind components business and will sell or close the operations in Germany and the Czech Republic. 28-Mar-2001 Headlam is planning to sell its fabrics businesses and discussions are taking place with several parties. 07-Nov-2000 Headlam is in discussions to acquire two French floor covering businesses from Tarkett Sommer. 11-May-1999 Headlam has acquired Eclipse Blinds for £52m, and is now planning to spend up to £40m on acquisitions to expand its floor covering business in continental Europe. 17-Mar-1999 Headlam is looking to spend up to £100m on an acquisition in order to expand its range of home furnishings. 12-Aug-1998 Headlam has acquired MCD, its main competitor in the distribution of floorings and fabrics, for £30m, and now hopes to make further acquisitions in continental Europe. 31-Jul-1997
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