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Marley has sold its waterproofing business to a new company called The Waterproofing Group for undisclosed terms. 11-Oct-2001 Marley has started work on the construction of a £7m roofing tile factory at its Bishopbriggs site near Glasgow. 20-Sep-2001 Tarmac has bought Marley Paving, the concrete block and paving business, from Brussels-based Etex for £26m. 16-Sep-1999 Marley, the building materials company, has accepted a £365m takeover offer from Etex of Belgium, having turned down an approach from the John Mansfield timber company. 03-Dec-1998 John Mansfield, the small timber company, has launched a £272m hostile takeover bid for Marley, and if successful will sell off Marley's plastics and concrete divisions. 27-Nov-1998 Marley has sold its Improdex business in Australia to Australian Vinyl Corporation for £3.6m. 20-Oct-1998 Marley, the building materials company, has decided against making large-scale acquisitions and will instead return £40m to investors in a share buy-back. 04-Sep-1998 Marley is looking to build up its building products business in central Europe, and has £100m to spend on acquisitions. 25-Mar-1998 Marley is buying Flexco, the US flooring company, from Robbins for £25m. 12-Aug-1997 Marley is planning to increase prices for concrete roof tiles by up to 10% this year in order to benefit from the improvement in the UK housing market. 20-Mar-1997 Marley has sold its 50% stake in Davidson Marley, the Dutch maker of automotive instrument panels, to Davidsons Overseas Investment for £28m. 30-Apr-1996 Magna International of Canada is acquiring most of Marley's automotive components operations for £53m, including Marley Automotive Components in the UK, Karl Fels of Germany and its stake in a joint venture with Kansei of Japan. 21-Mar-1996 Marley is buying Pacific Dunlop's Australian and New Zealand plastics business for £21.6m. 26-Oct-1995
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