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Hepworth is looking to sell its building products business for about £150m, in order to focus on heating. 17-Apr-2001 Hepworth, the heating and building products group, is to be acquired by Vaillant of Germany for £692m, and Vaillant is expected to dispose of the building products division for about £150m. 22-Dec-2000 Hepworth, the heating and boiler products company, is in talks with a number of potential bidders, which could lead to a £520m takeover deal. 01-Nov-2000 Hepworth is looking to spend up to £190m on acquisitions in continental Europe, in order to expand its heating and boiler products business. 01-Aug-2000 Hepworth has sold Hepworth Minerals & Chemicals to Watts Blake Bearne, a subsidiary of Belgium's SCR-Sibelco, for £86m. 19-Jul-2000 Hepworth is looking to make a major acquisition during the next 12 months in order to complete its restructuring programme, and discussions have been held with companies involved in heating and clay pipe manufacture. 20-Mar-2000 Hepworth is planning to spend at least £200m on acquisitions to expand its building products business. 06-Aug-1999 Hepworth is selling its bricks business to Ibstock Building Products for about £10m. 05-Jul-1999 Hepworth has dropped plans to acquire Naylor Drainage and Naylor Plastics, as the deal was referred to the Monopolies & Mergers Commission. 31-Mar-1999 Hepworth has sold its door parts business Henderson Hardware for £4.2m. 15-Mar-1999 Hepworth, the building materials company, has announced plans for a £20m restructuring programme, which will include redundancies, the removal of obsolete plant, and the modernisation of the product line in its heating division. 01-Apr-1998 Hepworth, the building materials company, is planning a major strategic review in order to identify which core activities can achieve sustainable profit growth. 01-Oct-1997 Hepworth is selling its refractories business to Alpine Group of the US for £62m. 17-Apr-1997 Hepworth is acquiring a 34% stake in Protherm, the seller of gas boilers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, for an initial £3m, and has an option to increase its stake to 90%. 19-Nov-1996 Hepworth is looking to sell its refractories division, which makes high-temperature linings for the glass, iron, steel and aluminium industries. 15-Oct-1996 Hepworth has bought a 33.3% stake in Hermann, the Italian boiler manufacturer, for £4.9m. 23-Dec-1995
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