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Wagon, the Birmingham-based automotive components manufacturer, is to raise £49m in a share issue to fund capital expenditure to support recent contract wins. 06-Jun-2008 Wagon is to sell five metal stamping plants to SONAS for £10m, including the transfer of 948 staff at sites in Tyseley, Wantage and France. 20-Nov-2006 Wagon is to acquire Oxford Automotive, the automotive metal components supplier with 3,300 staff in France, Germany and Turkey, for £128m. 14-Mar-2006 Wagon has acquired FKT, the German manufacturer of automotive sun blinds and cargo management systems with 115 staff, for an initial £4m. 02-Dec-2005 Wagon has sold Hawtal Whiting, the US-based engineering consultancy, to Acro Service Corp for £0.4m. 29-Aug-2005 Wagon has shed 100 jobs at its automotive parts factories in Oxford and the West Midlands, due to the collapse of MG Rover. 09-Jun-2005 Wagon is to sell its storage systems business to private equity group Whittan Investments for £60m, in order to focus on the manufacture of large vehicle structures. 12-Jun-2002 Wagon has won contracts worth £400m to manufacture lightweight body shells for two new car models, which is expected to lead to the development of new factories in the West Midlands and eastern France. 06-Dec-2001 Wagon is considering plans to build an aluminium car parts factory in the West Midlands, with the creation of hundreds of jobs. 07-Jun-2001 Wagon is in discussions to form a strategic alliance with Stola, the Italian manufacturer of vehicle bodies. 07-Dec-2000 Wagon is acquiring the remaining 80% of Aries Structures, the French car doors supplier, for £77m. 28-Sep-1999 Wagon has sold its Forkardt workholding operations to management for £11m, in order to focus on the automotive and storage sectors. 20-May-1999 Wagon has acquired a 20% stake in Aries Industries for £8m in order to expand its European car door and pressings business, while its precision engineering operation will be sold for about £15m. 02-Dec-1998 WST Engineering has acquired Wilmid, the supplier of metal tube components to the auto industry, from Wagon Industrial for £1.9m. 23-Jul-1998 Wagon Industrial is to shorten its name to Wagon and re-focus its business on automotive pressings, door systems and storage products. 24-Jun-1998 Wagon Industrial has acquired YMOS Door Systems, the German maker of car doors, for £46m. 01-May-1998 Wagon Industrial has acquired Blaimer International, the Czech auto pressings company, for £4.7m, and Magista, the Dutch shelving company, for £1m. 12-Feb-1998 Wagon, the engineering company, has announced a restructuring plan that will move it away from direct sales in its continental European business and harmonise manufacturing activities across Europe. 26-Nov-1997 Linde of Germany has acquired Wagon Industrial's retail systems division, which makes fittings for large stores, for £33m. 10-Jul-1997 Wagon Industrial is in discussions with a number of companies that are interested in buying its retail systems division, as the business does not fit in with its other engineering divisions. 04-Jun-1997
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