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Ibstock Ibstock is planning to close its architectural brick manufacturing facility near Loughborough, unless a buyer can be found by the end of August. 15-Jul-2004 Ibstock is to close its Belton brick factory in Lincolnshire this summer with the loss of 42 jobs, due to overcapacity in the market. 23-May-2000 Hepworth is selling its bricks business to Ibstock Building Products for about £10m. 05-Jul-1999 Ibstock is selling its 76% stake in Caima Ceramica e Servicos, the Portuguese building products company, to two CGS directors for £22m. 19-Feb-1999 CRH has acquired a further 30% stake in Ibstock, the brick maker, from Weinerberger of Austria for £97m, which lifts its holding to 80.5%. 15-Jan-1999 CRH of Ireland has acquired a 50.7% stake in Ibstock, in a deal that values the UK brick maker at £326m. 22-Dec-1998 Wienerberger of Austria has bought a 30% stake in Ibstock for £92m, prompting speculation that a bidding contest may begin for the UK brick maker. 21-Oct-1998 Ibstock is to auction a 76% stake in Caima Ceramica e Servico, the Portuguese manufacturer of sanitary ware and roof tiles, and hopes to raise about £25m. 08-Sep-1998 Ibstock, the building materials company, has sold its 56% stake in Companhia de Celulose do Caima of Portugal to three local banks for £17m. 17-Jun-1998 Brierley Investments of New Zealand has increased its stake in Ibstock, the bricks maker, to 29.9%, the maximum allowed before starting a bid for the company. 22-Jul-1997 Ibstock is selling five brick plants to Ambion Brick of the US for £53m, in order to comply with a regulatory ruling following its acquisition of Redland's UK brick division. 06-Mar-1997 The government has cleared Ibstock's £160m acquisition of Redland's brick business, but has imposed tougher conditions than expected, saying that Ibstock must dispose of five factories producing a combined 168m bricks a year. 30-Jul-1996 Ibstock has said it will sell six brick plants in order to win approval for its proposed £160m acquisition of Redland's UK brick business. 12-Jul-1996 Ibstock has bought Redland's UK bricks business for £160m, giving it 35% of the market. 26-Apr-1996 Ibstock plans to reduce capacity of brick manufacture by 9% in order to hang on to recent price increases. 04-Oct-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007