Whatman is considering plans to close its filter papers factory in Maidstone, with the loss of 100 jobs. [11-Feb-2013]
Whatman is to shed 60 jobs at its Springfield filter paper mill in Maidstone, reducing the site's workforce to 140. [09-Oct-2008]
Whatman, the diagnostic products manufacturer with 1,100 staff in Maidstone, Banbury and throughout the world, is to be acquired by GE Healthcare for £363m. [05-Feb-2008]
Whatman, the manufacturer of pharmaceutical filters and DNA testing kits, is to shed about 160 of the 1,160 jobs at sites in the UK, Germany and the US. [04-Jan-2005]
Whatman is to acquire Schleicher & Schuell, the German supplier of laboratory instruments, for £35m. [09-Nov-2004]
Whatman is to close Biometra, its German laboratory instruments subsidiary, with the loss of 65 jobs. [07-Jul-2003]
Whatman is to shed 235 jobs in its worldwide DNA filtration and storage techniques business, including 72 in the UK. [31-Dec-2002]
Whatman is to sell its Whatman HemaSure blood filtration business to Pall Corporation of the US for £3.7m. [24-Dec-2002]
Whatman is to relocate its Banbury-based micro-filtration laboratory and 40 jobs to a new £4m site on the Wildmere Road estate early next year, with the creation of 75 new jobs. [01-Nov-2002]
Whatman, the filtration and separations specialist, is to close a paper slitting plant in Maidstone and a DNA extraction site in Cambridge, as well as six sites in other countries. [13-Dec-2001]
Whatman is to acquire HemaSure, the US producer of blood filtration products, for up to £17m. [06-Feb-2001]
Whatman is looking to sell its industrial filtration and gas generation operations, in order to focus on biosciences. [02-Mar-2000]
Whatman is to acquire Cambridge Molecular Technologies, the DNA purification company, for £4m. [30-Aug-1999]