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Gibbs & Dandy, the builders' merchant with 11 branches, is to be acquired by Saint Gobain of France for £43m. 09-May-2008 Saint Gobain is planning to close its iron pipes factory in Ilkeston in April 2007, with the loss of up to 220 jobs. 07-Dec-2006 Saint Gobain is to close its Art Glass Processing glass components factory in Bradford, with the loss of up to 157 jobs. 04-Sep-2006 BPB, the plasterboard company, has accepted a £3.9bn takeover offer from Saint Gobain of France. 17-Nov-2005 Saint Gobain is to invest £15m in a new magnetron coating facility at its float glass plant in Eggborough, with the creation of 60 jobs. 14-Nov-2002 Saint Gobain Pipelines is investing £6m at its ductile iron plant at Risca in South Wales, in order to expand production of access covers, gullies and grates. 09-Jul-2002 Speedy Hire is planning to buy Jewson's Hire Point network of 20 branches from Saint Gobain for £13m, increasing its chain of hire centres to more than 250. 03-Jan-2002 Saint Gobain is planning to roll out a chain of 16 Platform building material stores for professional builders over the next five years, with the first opening in Birmingham next spring. 26-Sep-2001 Meyer International, the builders merchant with 539 UK outlets, is to be acquired by Saint Gobain of France for £1.04bn. 02-Feb-2000 Taylor Woodrow has won a £10m contract to build a glass factory at Selby for Saint Gobain UK. 17-Dec-1998 Saint Gobain of France has acquired Oliver Ashworth, the pipeline products distributor, for £34m, and further UK acquisitions could follow. 23-Apr-1998 Saint Gobain of France is preparing a £800m bid for Redland's 56.5% stake in Redland Braas Building, its German roof tile business. 10-Nov-1997 Saint Gobain is planning to build a $103m flat glass production line in the UK with start-up due by the end of 1999, in order to optimise its logistics. 05-Nov-1997 Glynwed International has sold its foundry business, which makes cast iron pipes, to Saint Gobain of France for £37m. 26-Sep-1997 Saint Gobain of France is acquiring Unicorn, the UK abrasives maker, for £85m. 14-Jun-1997 BPB Industries is forming a joint venture with Saint Gobain of France to make glass fibre insulation in the UK. 24-May-1996
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