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Motherwell Bridge has sold MB Inspection, the provider of oil and gas inspection services with 350 staff in Yarmouth, Falkirk, Stockton and Aberdeen, to Dutch firm RTD for undisclosed terms. 30-Jan-2008 Motherwell Bridge has sold its MB Aerospace and MB Faber aerospace and handling operations to a management team for undisclosed terms, including 185 staff in Motherwell and Lancashire. 25-Apr-2007 Motherwell Bridge, the engineering group with 1,100 staff, has undergone a £15m management buy-out backed by JO Hambro Capital Management. 13-Sep-2006 Motherwell Bridge is to restructure its engineering business and secure the future of 1,500 jobs, which will involve the sale of its five main trading operations to a new group named MB Engineering. 30-Sep-2003 Motherwell Bridge is to close a materials handling equipment facility in Leeds with the loss of 60 jobs and an electronic components facility in Dalkeith with the loss of 30 jobs. 12-Mar-2003 Motherwell Bridge is to relocate its Fielding & Platt hydraulic press factory from Gloucester to Leeds, with the loss of up to 40 jobs. 21-Jan-2000 Motherwell Bridge has sold its information systems division to a management team led by venture capital group 3i, in a £75m deal. 20-Jan-2000 Motherwell Bridge has set up a new division called MB Aerospace to focus on the manufacture of components for the aerospace sector, following its acquisition of the Lucas Aerospace factory in Burnley. 04-Aug-1999 Motherwell Bridge is in negotiations to acquire the Lucas Aerospace factory in Burnley, which could save the site's remaining 100 jobs. 12-Jul-1999 Motherwell Bridge has created a new rail maintenance division following the acquisition of three rail-related companies - AS Rail, NSIS and Taskmaster. 17-Jun-1999 Motherwell Bridge has acquired Thomas A Metcalfe, the Manchester-based distributor of welding consumable products, for undisclosed terms. 21-Sep-1998 Motherwell Bridge's Portman Travel business travel subsidiary has been bought by management for £21m. 04-Oct-1996
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