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Scapa Scapa is to sell its sealants business, which is based in Hampshire and employs 71 staff, to an undisclosed buyer for £4.9m. 17-Jan-2007 Scapa, the tapes manufacturer, is to close sites in Manchester, Southampton, South Wales, Luton and Germany over the next year, with the loss of about 80 jobs. 25-Nov-2002 Scapa, the technical tapes company, has received a £4m Regional Selective Assistance grant to support a £30m capital investment in Ashton-under-Lyne and Dunstable, securing the future of about 300 jobs. 27-Jun-2002 Scapa has acquired Cable Components, the Blackburn-based supplier of cable wrapping tapes, for undisclosed terms. 30-Oct-2001 Scapa is to acquire Lusa, the US manufacturer of specialist cable materials, for £26m. 09-Jul-2001 Scapa is looking to spend up to £150m on acquisitions to expand its technical tapes business, and is particularly interested in North America and Europe. 24-Nov-2000 Scapa is selling its specialist materials business to a bid backed by Duke Street Capital for £37m. 19-Nov-1999 Scapa is looking to sell its special materials division, which produces filtration materials and industrial textiles, in order to focus on technical tapes. 28-May-1999 Scapa is selling its paper machine business to Voith of Germany for £329m, in order to focus on its technical tapes operation. 14-Apr-1999 Scapa Group is to restructure its filters, belts and tapes business following a downturn in profits, with the loss of about 750 jobs. 28-Feb-1998 Scapa is to combine its paper machine clothing divisions in Europe and North America into one UK-based organisation in order to maximise opportunities in the global market. 23-Oct-1997 Scapa is acquiring Sellotape International's industrial tapes division for up to £43.7m. 11-Jul-1997 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007