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Volex, the electrical cabling firm, is relocating its headquarters from Birchwood in Cheshire to Paddington in London. 10-Aug-2009 Volex of Warrington is to sell its VWS wiring harness division to a management buy-out for a nominal sum. 11-Feb-2009 Volex has announced a £38m refinancing package to continue its restructuring programme and secure the future of its Warrington-based electrical cabling business. 15-Dec-2006 Volex Ionix is to close its wiring harness and woven systems factory in Stoke-on-Trent over the next few months, in order to transfer up to 138 jobs to its site in Manchester. 02-Feb-2006 Volex is to merge two European cable equipment manufacturing operations with the loss of 180 jobs at the Leigh plant near Manchester, 230 at Castlebar in Ireland and 40 in mainland Europe. 08-Jan-2002 Volex, the cables company, is looking to expand into eastern Europe, India and China, either through acquisitions or by building new plants. 07-Jun-2000 Volex is to cut 325 jobs at its power cables business near Manchester, after moving some production abroad. 31-Mar-2000 Volex is planning to spend up to £30m on acquisitions in order to expand its fibre optic cabling business. 12-Nov-1999 Volex is acquiring the power cord division of Belden for up to £18m. 11-May-1999 Volex, the electrical assembly company, is to cut 96 jobs in Leigh and 89 in South Wales, and more production will be transferred to plants in Asia. 18-Mar-1999 Volex has acquired a 60% stake in Telepart Industria, the Brazilian cable assembly company, for about £8m, as part of a strategy to improve service to multinational customers. 03-Dec-1998 Volex is looking to expand its telephony cables business by making acquisitions in Mexico, Brazil, India and eastern Europe. 10-Jun-1998 Volex has won a major contract to supply cable assemblies to Ericsson, which will lead to the creation of 100 jobs in Manchester and 100 jobs in Ireland. 20-Sep-1997 Volex Group, the supplier of cable assemblies and interconnect products, is planning to set up a number of satellite plants in the US and is already building a new facility in California. 14-Nov-1996
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