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Jarvis Porter Jarvis Porter has sold its Leeds-based labels business to CCL Industries for £7m, and has also announced plans to rename itself Grovebirch. 28-Jan-2002 Jarvis Porter has sold its Nottingham-based swing ticket and tags business to a management buy-out, while its Hinckley plastic carton and vision packaging equipment business has been sold to Hallmark Cards for £0.4m. 21-Aug-2001 Jarvis Porter is planning to close its creative packaging operation in Hinckley with the loss of 250 jobs. 10-May-2001 Jarvis Porter has announced plans for a reorganisation of its printing and packaging business, which will involve the closure of sites in Leeds, Glasgow and Nottingham and the loss of about 300 jobs. 01-Mar-2000 Jarvis Porter has agreed to sell its electronic labelling division to a management team backed by NatWest Equity Partners for £65m. 13-Nov-1999 Jarvis Porter is in negotiations to sell its electronic labels business to NatWest Equity Partners for up to £70m. 09-Oct-1999 Jarvis Porter is considering further rationalisation in its labels and packaging business once its present £7.5m restructuring programme is complete, as it believes it still has too many locations. 28-Apr-1999 Jarvis Porter, the labels company, is to cut up to 300 jobs following a strategy review, and plant closures will be announced over the coming weeks. 23-Feb-1999 Jarvis Porter, the label and packaging company, has ended discussions with Sonoco of the US about buying the Sonoco Harlands and Sonoco Machinery businesses. 15-Oct-1998 Jarvis Porter has acquired Wace Corporate Packaging, the manufacturer of board cartons and vision packaging, from Wace Group for £5.5m. 14-Oct-1998 Jarvis Porter is discussing the acquisition of Sonoco Harlands and Sonoco Machinery, the label printing businesses active in the UK, France and the US. 25-Jun-1998 Jarvis Porter, the labels printer, is looking to expand its health and beauty and drinks divisions through acquisition, and is also in discussions with a number of other printers about forming an alliance. 20-May-1998 Jarvis Porter is planning to move into the Irish Republic with its electronics label printing business, in order to serve the growing electronics sector. 21-May-1997 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007