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Kalamazoo Kalamazoo is to sell its software business to UCS of the US for £14m in order to make up a shortfall in its pension scheme, and the remaining operations are being placed into liquidation. 20-Dec-2001 Kalamazoo, the software group, has announced a deal with Landcrest Developments that will give it a new Birmingham headquarters building, while the remainder of its existing site will be converted into a business park. 22-Sep-2000 Kalamazoo Computer has sold Kalamazoo Answer, the developer of software solutions for food and drink companies, to a management buy-out for a nominal sum. 20-Jan-2000 Kalamazoo Computer is considering plans to build a new headquarters on its existing Northfield site in Birmingham, and the sale of the current building to developers could release funds for acquisitions. 05-Jul-1999 Kalamazoo Computer is to cut 130 jobs, mostly in Birmingham, as part of an ongoing rationalisation programme. 20-Mar-1999 Kalamazoo Computer is planning to diversify into project management, systems integration and support, in an attempt to return to profit, and is also considering a move from its Birmingham headquarters. 04-Dec-1998 Kalamazoo Security Print is to close its office in Sheffield, with the loss of 18 jobs, and business will be moved to its Birmingham head office. 15-Sep-1998 Kalamazoo, the computer services group, has agreed to the acquisition of a 26.5% stake in itself by Reynolds & Reynolds of the US for £17.7m, a move seen by some as a rescue package following a troubled period. 28-Aug-1997 Adare Printing is acquiring the security print division of Kalamazoo Computer for £12m. 03-Jul-1997 Lynx has withdrawn from talks to acquire Kalamazoo Computer Group, apparently due to uncertainty about the status of Kalamazoo Trust, which owns 40% of the company's shares and may not be entitled to sell them. 20-Jun-1997 Kalamazoo Computer Group, the computer services and printing concern, is in talks with Lynx which could lead to its takeover. 04-Jun-1997 Kalamazoo has acquired CFS International, a US company that trades in the UK as Coin Financial Systems and provides computer solutions to the finance sector, for £3.5m. 11-Mar-1997 Kalamazoo Computer Group has conditionally agreed to buy the European automotive dealer systems operations of Datapoint Corp of the US for $33m. 30-May-1996 Kalamazoo Computer Solutions has bought Wakebourne Business Systems' Tetra software and hardware contracts. 09-Feb-1996 Kalamazoo and Glass's Information Services are jointly launching an electronic version of Glass's Guide, initially for ten large dealerships. 25-Nov-1995 Kalamazoo Computer Group has bought Autodata of Finland, the motor trade information provider. 10-Oct-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007