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Weir has sold the former Mather & Platt stainless steel foundry in Newton Heath to Westley Group of Cradley Heath, securing the future of almost 200 jobs. 08-Oct-2008 Weir is to sell Weir Process Equipment, the Canadian distributor of industrial equipment with 125 staff, to Wajax Income Fund for £13m. 02-Sep-2008 Weir Group is to acquire CH Warman Pump Group, the South African supplier of pumps to the mining industry, for £113m. 05-Dec-2007 Weir Group is to acquire Multiflo, the Australian dewatering pump manufacturer, for £8.8m. 22-Aug-2007 Weir Group is to acquire SPM Flow Control, the US manufacturer of pumps and flow control equipment with about 630 staff, for £161m. 22-Jun-2007 Weir is to sell its Glasgow-based Weir Pumps division to Clyde Blowers for £45m, with the transfer of 600 staff. 10-May-2007 Weir is considering plans to relocate up to 740 production and sales staff to a new purpose-built site in the Glasgow area over the next two years, while the 30 head office staff are currently being moved to the Clydesdale Bank Exchange. 30-Dec-2005 Weir has acquired Pompe Gabbioneta, the Italian supplier of petrochemical pumps, for £69m. 16-Aug-2005 Weir is to sell the water treatment operations of its Techna division to Veolia Water Systems for £28m. 11-Jul-2005 Weir is to restructure its pump manufacturing operations, with the loss of 500 jobs at sites in Alloa, Cathcart, Manchester and various regional offices. 21-Mar-2005 Weir is to shed 180 of the 350 jobs at its valves and controls factory in Huddersfield. 14-Feb-2005 Weir is looking to spend up to £300m on the acquisition of a clear liquids pump company, and is also planning to double the size of its Chinese operations over the next two years. 13-May-2004 Scottish & Southern Energy is forming a £10m joint venture with Weir Group to develop renewable power generation and control systems, in order to benefit from the growing interest in wave and tidal energy. 24-Mar-2003 Weir Pumps is to shed 85 of the 950 jobs at factories in Glasgow, Manchester and Alloa. 10-Mar-2003 Weir Group is to shed a further 64 office-based jobs at its Hopkinsons valve factory in Huddersfield. 07-Jun-2002 Weir has sold its computer division to Maxima of Cheltenham for undisclosed terms, while three units are being closed with the loss of 335 jobs - Tooling Products in Hampshire, G Perry in Leicester and Strachan & Henshaw in Manchester. 06-Jul-2001 Weir Group has shed 25 mostly office-based jobs at its Hopkinsons valve factory in Huddersfield. 03-May-2001 Weir is looking to spend up to £200m on acquisitions to expand its engineering business. 22-Mar-2001 Weir is planning a major expansion of its engineering business in India and south-east Asia, and has acquired direct control of its Indian pump manufacturing joint venture. 16-Jan-2001 Weir has sold its Darchem Engineering business at Stillington to a newly formed company backed by Royal Bank Private Equity, in a £28m deal. 02-Jan-2001 Weir has sold its Bristol-based Strachan & Henshaw bulk handling division to Svedala Industries of Sweden for £2.5m. 10-May-2000 Weir is planning to increase its focus on core products such as pumps by making disposals and spending at least £50m on acquisitions this year. 23-Mar-2000 Weir has announced plans to axe UK-based component suppliers and source more materials from eastern Europe, India, China and South America, due to the current high levels of sterling. 11-Feb-2000 Weir Pumps is to close is foundry in Alloa with the loss of 49 jobs, but the pattern shop and engineering service operations will remain in Alloa. 14-Jan-2000 Weir is to cut 160 of the 660 jobs at its Hopkinsons valve manufacturing plant in Huddersfield, with 70 of the lost jobs being caused by the closure of the foundry. 02-Sep-1999 Weir has acquired Warman International, the Australian pump manufacturer, for £195m, which will double Weir's sales of heavy-duty pumps to £300m a year. 07-Jul-1999 Weir has won a £60m contract to supply weapon handling systems for the Royal Navy's new Astute Class submarine, securing the future of its Strachan & Henshaw subsidiary. 20-May-1999 Weir Group is looking to spend up to £250m on acquisitions to expand its engineering business, with particular emphasis on its services operation which maintains equipment on behalf of users. 25-Mar-1999 Scottish Hydro-Electric has awarded an £8m contract to a consortium led by Weir Group for the refurbishment of the Errochty and Trinafour power stations. 22-Mar-1999 Weir Engineering Services has won an £8m contract to refurbish two Scottish hydro power stations at Errochty and Trinafour, on behalf of Scottish & Southern Energy. 08-Feb-1999 Weir Group, the pump maker, has rejected a £600m takeover approach from Flowserve of the US. 06-Feb-1999 Weir Group is to invest £14m in new technology for its Glasgow pumps plant over of the next three years, in order to improve production efficiency. 06-Oct-1998 Weir is planning to acquire Schabaver, the French pump maker, from Sterling Fluid Systems for £5m. 14-Sep-1998 Weir is acquiring SEBIM Holding, the French valve and actuator company, for £8m, in order to improve its market position in Europe, Africa and the former Soviet Union. 07-Aug-1998 Baker Hughes of the US has bought the process equipment operations of Weir for £10.6m. 26-Jan-1998 Weir Group has acquired Entropie, the French desalination and process contracting company, for £6.5m. 10-Jul-1997 Weir Group is looking for an acquisition in pumps or valves, preferably in the UK or the US. 21-Mar-1996 Weir Group has bought Southern Heat Treatments of Gosport. 09-Feb-1996
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