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Tanfield Group Tanfield is seeking a suitable site in the North East to build a new electric vehicles factory by 2009, with the creation of 500 jobs, and is also looking to create 400 jobs at its existing site in Washington. 27-Sep-2007 Tanfield Group is to acquire Snorkel Holdings, the US-based supplier of industrial aerial work platforms, for £50m. 29-Jun-2007 Tanfield is to raise up to £20m in a share placing to fund the development of its Durham-based electric vehicles business. 24-Oct-2006 Tanfield Group is planning to transfer UpRight Powered Access production from Ireland to the 250,000sq ft former LG electronics plant in Washington, which could lead to the creation of up to 400 jobs. 12-Jun-2006 Tanfield Group is seeking a suitable site in the north-east to consolidate its operations following the acquisition of aerial platform maker UpRight, which could create up to 500 jobs. 02-May-2006 Tanfield Group has acquired the powered aerial platform equipment business of UpRight for £7.3m, including operations in Ireland, Japan and the US. 27-Apr-2006 Tanfield Group is set to win a £6m contract to maintain Dairy Crest's 2,200-strong household vehicle fleet, and up to 78 staff will transfer to Tanfield's Smith Electric Vehicles subsidiary. 30-Sep-2005 Tanfield Group is to acquire the assets of Norquip, the supplier of lifts and ramps, and Saxon, the supplier of specialist vehicles, for a total £0.3m. 10-Jun-2005 Tanfield Group is to relocate its recently-acquired Smith's Electric Vehicles division from Gateshead to its County Durham headquarters by the end of next month. 06-Apr-2005 Tanfield Group has acquired ClickHere, the Teesside-based IT training and management development company with offices in Sheffield, Billingham and Stanley. 30-Dec-2004 Tanfield Group is raising a further £3m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its County Durham-based technical assembly business, including acquisitions and investment in equipment. 14-Dec-2004 Tanfield Group has acquired SEV, the manufacturer of electric vehicles and aerial access equipment, for £2.2m. 05-Oct-2004 Tanfield Group has 20 vacancies at its machine manufacturing plant in Stanley, County Durham, and a further 30 jobs will created over the next 12 months. 25-Feb-2003 Tanfield Group is to create more than 60 new jobs at its machine factory in County Durham, having won a number of outsourcing contracts from manufacturers. 03-Sep-2002 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007