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Rugby Cement is to shed up to 70 jobs at its cement plant in Rugby over the next six months. 27-Apr-2004 Rugby, the cement manufacturer, is to seek permission to extend its Southam quarry in Warwickshire, which will secure work at the site for the next 30 years. 10-Nov-2003 Rugby Cement has won government approval to build a 14MW gas-fired combined heat and power station at its South Ferriby plant in North Lincolnshire. 19-Dec-2000 Rugby Group is acquiring a 51% stake in Embra, the Norwegian cement company, for £31m. 10-Nov-1999 RMC has launched a £896m takeover bid for the Rugby cement group, which will strengthen its position in the UK and Poland and add a presence in Australia. 09-Nov-1999 Palgrave Brown has acquired the Allan Brothers joinery business in Berwick from Rugby Group for £2.7m. 04-Nov-1999 Rugby Group, the building materials company, has received an approach from an unnamed company that could lead to a takeover offer. 02-Nov-1999 Rugby Group is to merge its US building materials supplies business with Huttig, a subsidiary of Crane, and the new company will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 21-Oct-1999 Heywood Williams has acquired BCE Cellular Extrusions, the supplier of PVCu building products, from Rugby Group for £11m. 03-Sep-1999 Rugby Group is to sell its joinery operations in the UK and Australia to Jeld-Wen of the US for £86m, and the proceeds will be used to reduce debt and expand its cement business. 20-Jul-1999 Rugby Group has sold its Abbseal glass business to a management team for £11m. 09-Jun-1999 Rugby Group is to acquire a controlling stake in Adelaide Brighton, the Australian cement company, and is also in discussions to sell its joinery and US distribution business to Jeld-Wen of Oregon. 31-Mar-1999 Rugby is considering plans to sell its international joinery business for up to £300m, in order to focus on its core cement operations. 22-Mar-1999 Rugby Group is in negotiations to gain control of Adelaide Brighton, the Australian cement company, and is also said to be interested in Scancem, the Scandinavian company that owns Castle Cement of the UK. 26-Feb-1999 Rugby Group is selling Pioneer Plastics, its US laminates business, to Panolam Industries for £105m. 22-Dec-1998 Rugby Group has announced a rationalisation programme that could result in the loss of about 400 joinery jobs in Doncaster and Gloucester. 01-Dec-1998 Rugby Cement has confirmed that it will stop production at its Chinnor cement works near High Wycombe in January with the loss of 79 jobs. 20-Nov-1998 Rugby Group is considering plans to sell its US manufacturing and distribution businesses, and meanwhile it is looking to expand its cement and lime production operations in eastern Europe and Latin America. 10-Sep-1998 Caradon is looking to sell its lossmaking US and UK doors and windows operations, including the Everest double-glazing business, and Rugby Cement has already expressed an interest. 10-Sep-1998 Rugby Group has acquired a 34% stake in Cementownia Chelm, the Polish cement maker, for $25m and has an option to increase its stake to 75% within three years. 14-Oct-1997 Rugby Group has threatened to sell any business that does not achieve a 20% return on assets by 1999, and possible candidates include Rugby Building Products in the US and its UK joinery business. 23-Sep-1997 Rugby has sold Rom, its metal products division, to management for £14m. 12-Feb-1997 Rugby Group is acquiring Boulton & Paul, the windows and doors company, for £15.5m, thus increasing Rugby's share of the doors market from 24 to 32%. 22-Jan-1997 Kingspan, the building materials group, is to buy Ward Building Systems from Rugby for £26m. 16-Dec-1996 Rugby Group has appointed Amec to start work on the building of its £100m cement plant in Warwickshire, and Amec expects to create 200 new jobs from its involvement. 26-Apr-1996 Rugby Group has announced reorganisation plans, including the closure of cement plants in the Midlands and Oxfordshire and the building of a new one at its Rugby headquarters. 12-Mar-1996
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