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Heywood Williams is to acquire Avenco, the Irish building products supplier, for £16m. 27-Aug-2007 Heywood Williams is to acquire Carlisle Brass Group, the architectural hardware distributor with sites in Carlisle, Blackburn and Preston, for £48m. 12-Sep-2006 Heywood Williams is to sell its plastic window systems division, including 600 staff at sites in Macclesfield, North Lincolnshire and Trentham, to Latium Plastics for £3m, in order to focus on door hardware and panels. 18-Aug-2005 Heywood Williams is looking to sell its plastic systems division, which supplies PVC windows and cellular building products, in order to focus on branded building products. 04-Jul-2005 Heywood Williams is to sell Bristolpipe, the US manufacturer of PVC pipes, to Westlake Chemical for £18m. 05-Jul-2004 Heywood Williams has announced a £25m restructuring programme involving the loss of 300 jobs and the closure of the DIY window and door operations and a Huddersfield-based fabrication business. 03-Nov-2003 Heywood Williams has sold Coldseal, its Nottingham-based double glazing subsidiary with 500 staff, to newly-formed Coldseal Group in exchange for a 19.9% stake in Coldseal Group. 27-Aug-2003 Heywood Williams has sold Creation Group, the US manufacturer of aluminium parts for recreational vehicles, to Dura Automotive Systems for £36m. 20-Jun-2003 Heywood Williams has announced a £5m restructuring programme for its UK building materials business, which could lead to a number of cuts in its 2,500-strong workforce. 03-Sep-2001 Heywood Williams has sold its 49% stake in Scheuten Beheer, the Dutch flat glass company, to JBH Scheuten Management for £13m. 21-Nov-2000 Heywood Williams is looking to sell its US pipes business in order to focus on windows and doors in the UK, and the sale could raise up to £150m. 01-Sep-2000 Heywood Williams, the manufacturer of windows and doors, has rejected a £240m takeover approach from a venture capital consortium. 25-Apr-2000 Heywood Williams has acquired Pioneer Plastics, the US supplier of plastic pipe products. 14-Mar-2000 Heywood Williams has acquired BCE Cellular Extrusions, the supplier of PVCu building products, from Rugby Group for £11m. 03-Sep-1999 Heywood Williams is considering plans to sell its Dutch-based glass operations in order to focus on plastic door and window components. 11-Sep-1998 Heywood Williams is selling Auto Windscreens to Inhoco 788 for £77m, in order to focus on its building products business. 08-Aug-1998 Heywood Williams is to acquire two businesses for £62m - Kestrel and Spectus - in order to focus on its core windows and doors operation, while it is planning to sell its AutoWindscreens car windscreen division. 07-Apr-1998 Heywood Williams has increased its stake in Coldseal, the PVCu windows company, from 35% to 65% at a cost of £12m. 25-Jun-1997 Heywood Williams has acquired two US companies for £5.4m - Verns Quality Products and Columbia Plastics. 21-Jan-1997 Heywood Williams is acquiring Mila Beslag, the Danish distributor of components to UK makers of windows and doors, for £34m. 20-Jul-1996 Heywood Williams has acquired Maccess Group, the motor accessories company, for £23m. 13-Sep-1995
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