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RPC RPC Group has acquired Raytec, the Dutch injection moulding company, for £3m. 10-Oct-2007 RPC Beaute has confirmed plans to close its cosmetics packaging factory in Thornaby over the next few weeks, with the loss of 160 jobs. 05-Oct-2007 RPC Containers is to close its plastic packaging factory in Hereford early next year, with the loss of 150 jobs. 23-Aug-2007 RPC is considering plans to close its two cosmetics packaging factories on Teesside with the loss of 160 jobs, in order to transfer production to mainland Europe. 06-Jul-2007 RPC Group has acquired two of Crown Group's Risdon plastic packaging plants in France and Italy from Crown Group for £4m. 04-Jul-2006 RPC is to acquire the European plastic packaging operations of Nampak for £23m, and the Woburn Sands site will be closed and production transferred to the other two sites in Haltwhistle and Llantrisant. 02-Nov-2004 RPC, the plastic packaging supplier, is planning to double production of inhalers next year, in order to meet rising demand from Boehringer of the US. 09-Jun-2004 RPC is to acquire four plastic packaging factories in Hereford, France, Belgium and the Czech Republic from Rexam for £16m. 15-Mar-2004 RPC is to acquire WIKO, the German manufacturer of packaging for the cosmetics industry, for £25m. 20-Jul-2000 RPC is planning to set up a new £7m plastic packaging factory at Old Dalby in Leicestershire, with the creation of 50 jobs. 10-Apr-2000 RPC has acquired Dutch thermoforming company TWP Packaging Twente and its Polish subsidiary TWP Polska. 28-Mar-2000 RPC has acquired the plastic sheet business of Montonate of Italy for £9m, as part of a strategy to become a pan-European supplier of polystyrene and polyester sheets. 16-Jun-1999 RPC Group has bought PET container manufacturing equipment from Able Industries at a cost of £4m, as Able is pulling out of the market in order to focus on PET preforms and bottles. 05-Apr-1999 RPC is buying the German disposable packaging business of Gizeh from Deutsche Beteiligungs for £16m, which will make it the second largest producer of plastic cups in Europe. 08-Jul-1998 RPC, the plastic packaging company, is to expand warehouse capacity and purchase new equipment by investing over £8m in the second half. 02-Dec-1997 RPC, the plastic packaging concern, is acquiring CPE of Germany from Viag, for £62m, a deal which will more than double its sales. 14-Dec-1996 RPC Group, the rigid plastic packaging concern, is suffering from an 84% increase in raw material prices, but expects an upturn now it has passed the increases on to customers. 02-Dec-1995 More from the Packaging sector Related pages: Macfarlane Amcor Flexibles RPC Scott Timber Group Pindar RPC website: www.rpc-group.com The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008