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Simon, the port operator, has received a £95m takeover approach from Montauban of Belgium. 19-Jun-2006 Simon Group has announced plans to invest £25m in the expansion of the Humber Sea Terminal at Killingholme, including a fourth roll-on roll-off berth, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 27-Nov-2003 Simon Group is to set up new terminal and berthing facilities at its Humber Sea Terminal, which will enable United European Car Carriers to import 100,000 cars a year. 23-Oct-2003 Simon Group is to sell Seawheel Holdings, the transportation and distribution services business, to management for a nominal sum. 14-Jul-2003 Simon Group is to sell its tank storage business to private equity firm Patron Capital for £64m, in order to focus on ports and logistics. 20-Dec-2002 Simon Group is to relocate its headquarters from central London to Redhill next year, and has also announced that talks are taking place to sell its ports and logistics business. 25-Nov-2002 Simon is to acquire Forthline, the operator of container services between Grangemouth and Rotterdam, from Forth Ports for £0.3m, and the business will be combined with its Seawheel European network. 18-Feb-2002 Simon Group, the ports and logistics group valued at more than £100m, has put itself up for sale, and Associated British Ports has expressed interest in bidding for its Humber Sea Terminal. 14-Jan-2002 Simon Group is looking to expand its port services business with a number of bolt-on acquisitions, and will invest up to £15m on the further development of the Humber Sea Terminal. 22-Aug-2001 Associated British Ports is said to be considering plans to launch a bid for Simon, in order to gain control over the Humber estuary. 21-May-2001 Simon Group has sold its Simon-Carves engineering division to SembCorp Industries of Singapore for £12m, and some of the proceeds will be invested in its ports and logistics business. 09-May-2001 Simon Group is planning to expand its new £20m ferry terminal at Killingholme, which will involve the development of new warehousing and distribution facilities and the creation of up to 200 jobs. 07-Mar-2001 Simon Group is looking to sell Simon-Carves, its Manchester-based engineering business, and its stake in Robertson Research in order to fund acquisitions and expand its Humber Sea Terminal. 23-Aug-2000 Simon Group is selling its Australian engineering joint venture with Siemens for £3.4m, and is looking to acquire port services companies in France, Spain and Germany. 15-Sep-1999 Simon Group has bought the Riverside bulk liquid terminal at Billingham from ICI for £3m, and similar acquisitions are being sought in continental Europe as part of a strategy to build up its port services business. 31-Aug-1999 Simon Group has awarded a £14m contract to Edmund Nuttall for the construction of a roll-on, roll-off terminal at Killingholme, which will form part of the new £20m Humber Sea Terminal. 28-Jun-1999 Simon Group is to build a container terminal on the Humber that will be free of lock and tide restrictions, and it will open to commercial traffic in spring next year. 16-Mar-1999 Simon has acquired Seawheel Holdings, the provider of cargo transportation services, for up to £14m. 09-Dec-1998 Simon Cargo is investing £2m to upgrade facilities at its Humber Sea Terminal at Killingholme, in order to make it one of its major UK port operations. 21-Sep-1998 Simon, the port services and shipping group, is considering plans to build a £20m roll-on roll-off ferry port on the Humber near Immingham, which could create hundreds of jobs. 09-Sep-1998 Simon Group is planning to build a £20m ferry terminal at Killingholme on the River Humber, and is seeking backers from the motor industry. 08-Apr-1998 Simon Engineering is planning to change its name to Simon Group. 14-May-1997 Simon Engineering has sold the industrial arm of its Access division to Terex of the US for £55m, in order to reduce debt. 25-Feb-1997 Simon Engineering may have to close its Gloucester fire fighting platforms factory, which employs 270 people, unless it can find a buyer. 01-Oct-1996 Simon Engineering is looking to sell its Access division, which makes firefighting vehicles and cranes, as the engineering group aims to reduce its £83m debt. 06-Sep-1996 Simon Engineering has sold SPT, Robertson Research Australia and Robertson Research International, as well as stakes in two Indonesian joint ventures, to Robertson Research Holdings, a company 49.9% owned by Simon Engineering Finance. 08-Mar-1996
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