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James Fisher James Fisher & Sons has acquired JCM Scotload, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of load measurement instruments with 11 staff, for £3m. 08-Feb-2008 James Fisher & Sons has acquired Pump Tools, the Aberdeen-based manufacturer of downhole tools and systems with 21 staff, for £7.7m. 03-Oct-2007 James Fisher & Sons has acquired NDT Inspection & Testing, the provider of testing services with more than 50 staff in Queensferry, Worcester and Sittingbourne, for £2.1m. 27-Jul-2007 James Fisher & Sons has sold Ships Electronic Services, the supplier of marine electronic navigation and communications equipment, to a management buy-out for £0.4m. 18-Jun-2007 James Fisher & Sons has acquired Buchan Technical Services, the Inverurie-based supplier of centrifugal pumps and hydraulic power packs, for £4.9m. 24-May-2007 James Fisher is to acquire FT Everard, the operator of 11 coastal tankers, for £52m. 07-Dec-2006 James Fisher Defence has agreed a deal with the Defence Sales Agency to acquire the assets of the UK submarine rescue service for undisclosed terms, in order to provide rescue services to other countries. 03-Nov-2006 James Fisher has acquired Gjerde Lofteteknikk, the Norwegian marine services company, for £0.6m. 02-Nov-2006 James Fisher has acquired Strainstall Group, the Cowes-based supplier of safety and productivity monitoring systems with 145 staff, for £7m. 09-Oct-2006 James Fisher is to acquire Monyana Engineering Services, the marine equipment supplier, for £11m, and has also announced the sale of its Oceanic Pearl cable-laying vessel to Shipman Group of Norway for £11m. 19-Sep-2005 James Fisher has acquired FenderCare, the Norwich-based supplier of large-scale pneumatic fenders to the shipping industry with 65 staff, for up to £12m. 21-Mar-2005 James Fisher has acquired Harsh Environment Systems, the Cumbria-based supplier of monitoring solutions to the nuclear decommissioning industry, for £1.6m. 19-Jan-2005 James Fisher has acquired three companies in the UK and Norway for £7.3m, including Remote Marine Systems, Nuclear Decommissioning and Reanco Team. 06-Dec-2004 James Fisher is to acquire Air Supply of Norway for £4.8m and WM Defence of the UK for £3.1m, in order to expand its marine support services business. 31-Oct-2003 James Fisher is to acquire Scan Tech, the Norwegian marine services company, for £8.8m, in order to expand its Underwater Engineering Services business in Aberdeen. 17-Dec-2002 James Fisher is to acquire Rumic, the operator of a Glasgow-based submarine rescue response team, for up to £4m. 08-Oct-2002 James Fisher has appointed corporate finance boutique EC Hambro Rabben to seek acquisitions to expand its marine services division. 29-Aug-2002 James Fisher & Sons has completed its withdrawal from the dry cargo market following the sale of its two remaining ships, and will now focus on the provision of services to the marine industry. 05-Mar-2002 James Fisher has acquired Underwater Engineering Services for £1.5m. 13-Mar-1998 James Fisher, the Barrow-based shipping concern, is acquiring P&O Tankships, the operator of 17 petroleum products tankers, for £39m. 05-Dec-1996 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008