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International Greetings is planning to shed an unspecified number of the 579 jobs at its gift wrap operations in Hatfield and Caerphilly, in order to rationalise its worldwide manufacturing facilities. 07-Apr-2008 International Greetings has acquired Glitterwrap, the US supplier of gift wrap and party products, for £4m. 10-Sep-2007 International Greetings has acquired Weltec, the Dutch supplier of photo frames, for £0.4m, Artex, the Polish gift wrap supplier, for £0.3m, and Pinwheel, the UK-based book publishing rights company, for £0.4m. 06-Jun-2007 International Greetings has acquired Eick Pack, the German manufacturer of gift wrap counter rolls, for £0.3m. 23-Mar-2007 International Greetings has acquired Alligator Books, the publisher of children's books, for an initial £2.5m. 10-Apr-2006 International Greetings is to acquire Anker International for up to £35m, in order to expand its giftwrap and stationery business. 30-May-2005 International Greetings is to acquire Napier Industries, the supplier of own-label gift products, for £4.8m. 27-Jan-2005 International Greetings is to close its printing unit in Hatfield with the loss of up to 50 jobs, in order to transfer production of greetings cards to Latvia. 09-Dec-2004 International Greetings has acquired Krakajack, the Irish supplier of party crackers, for £0.4m. 11-Jun-2004 International Greetings has acquired Hoomark Gift-Wrap Partners, the Dutch gift wrap manufacturer, for an initial £1m. 21-Nov-2003 International Greetings has acquired a 500,000 sq ft production and distribution centre in Hirwaun, South Wales, in order to expand its Scandinavian Design gift wrap business. 18-Mar-2002 International Greetings has bought the New Jersey-based Stephen Lawrence Company for £1.6m, in order to expand its US wrapping paper business. 24-May-2000 International Greetings, the supplier of wrapping paper and greetings cards, is to close its Copywrite factory in Manchester in March, and has acquired new premises in Hatfield. 27-Jan-2000
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