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SSL International is to close its Simco factory in Guernsey by the end of the year with the loss of 90 jobs, in order to transfer the footcare product range to its site in Peterlee. 29-Feb-2008 SSL International is to acquire Orthaheel, the supplier of corrective insoles, for an initial £15m. 07-Nov-2007 SSL International is planning to close its technical centre in Cambridge, with the transfer of about 40 jobs to other sites in the UK and India. 01-Oct-2007 SSL International is to close its footcare products factory in Derby later this year with the loss of 124 jobs, in order to transfer production to India. 02-Feb-2005 SSL International is to sell Silipos, its US-based prosthetic products business, to Langer for £9m. 24-Sep-2004 SSL International is to sell its antiseptics and surgical gloves business to a management team backed by Apax for £173m. 24-May-2004 SSL International is to sell its wound management business, which includes 244 staff at a factory in Oldham and a warehouse in Manchester, to Medlock Medical, for £55m. 15-Mar-2004 SSL International has sold its Marigold industrial gloves business to Comasec SAS of France for up to £22m, but retains the consumer gloves business. 04-Nov-2003 SSL International is looking to sell its medical division, which manufactures surgical gloves and antiseptic products, in order to focus on consumer brands. 01-Apr-2003 SSL International is to close its Toft Hall headquarters in Cheshire and shed 300 jobs, in order to improve the profitability of its health care products business. 17-Apr-2002 SSL International has sold 21 over-the-counter pharmaceutical brands to Thornton & Ross for £13m, including some manufacturing equipment currently located at SSL's Guernsey and Peterlee sites. 20-Mar-2002 SSL International is to close its plastic products factory in North Lincolnshire following a fire, with the loss of up to 276 jobs. 05-Oct-2001 SSL International is to sell its continence care business to Coloplast of Denmark for £80m. 02-Oct-2001 SSL International is to shed 140 jobs at a factory in Bootle in order to transfer production of pharmaceutical and medical products to its new plant in Peterlee. 30-Mar-2001 SSL International is to buy the Hibi range of antiseptic products from AstraZeneca for £46m. 14-Nov-2000 SSL International is to open a new over-the-counter medicines factory in Peterlee, County Durham, which will employ about 200 people, while a plant in Blackburn will be closed with the loss of 50 jobs. 06-Jun-2000 SSL International is to sell its 57-strong Scholl footcare stores business to Alliance UniChem in a £3m deal. 17-May-2000 SSL International is planning to expand its healthcare products manufacturing capacity in Thailand and Malaysia, which will lead to closures in the UK. 08-Dec-1999 SSL International is acquiring Silipos, the US skin products company, for £20m. 24-Aug-1999 Seton Scholl has announced a £1.5bn merger with London International Group to create an enlarged health care products group called SSL International. 25-May-1999
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