Industrial thread and craft company Coats Group has announced the acquisition of Gotex and Fast React Systems.
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Ansell sells protective footwear business
Ansell has announced the sale of its Onguard footwear business, including a US factory, to Dunlop Industrial and Protective Footwear for an undisclosed amount.
Ansell announced the sale to the subsidiary
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BFC acquires bottled water company
Beston Global Food Company Limited (BFC) has entered into contracts to acquire 51 per cent of South Australian water business, AQUAEssence.
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Civmec buys shipbuilder Forgacs for $21m
Heavy engineering company Civmec has acquired engineering and shipbuilding company, Forgacs for $21m.
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Siemens to acquire simulation software supplier CD-adapco
Siemens and CD-adapco have entered into a stock purchase agreement for the acquisition of CD-adapco by Siemens.
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Amcor expands US flexibles presence, acquires Deluxe Packages for $US 45 million
Packaging company Amcor has acquired the Californian company Deluxe Packages for $US 45 million ($61.7 million), expanding the firm’s new Flexibles Americas group.
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Dow and DuPont agree to $US 130 billion mega-merger
Dow Chemical and DuPont have agreed to a merger, with the combined entity then splitting into three companies in the next 18 to 24 months.
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Dow and DuPont in talks for mega-merger
Dow Chemical and DuPont are in “advanced merger talks”, according to reports, and a combined entity would be worth around $US 130 billion.
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Raya acquires Australian IoT startup
Raya has acquired Australian Internet of Things electronics company Xped, which has developed technologies to improve the control and monitoring of devices.
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Amcor acquires US manufacturer Enron
Global packaging giant Amcor has acquired Ohio-based manufacturer Enron for $US55m ($76m).
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Japan’s Asahi buys Australian craft brewer
Craft brewer Mountain Goat has been sold to Japan’s Asahi Holdings for an undisclosed amount.
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Bradken merger off
Australian mining services group Bradken will not merge with the Magotteaux Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chilean company, Sigdo Koppers.
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Carter Holt Harvey delays IPO
Carter Holt Harvey has delayed its plans for an IPO and to list on the Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges until the third or fourth quarter of this year.
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One of Australia’s oldest companies quits manufacturing
Australian company Stokes Limited, founded in 1856, has sold its manufacturing operations to focus on supplying lighting and audio-visual equipment.
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Legend Corporation to acquire System Control Engineering
ASX-listed engineering solutions provider Legend Corporation will acquire "selected assets" of System Control Engineering.
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ACCC may look at Heinz-Kraft merger
The competition regulator is watching the proposed merger of Kraft and Heinz and could act if it is likely to affect competition in the Australian grocery sector.
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Filipino food group acquires Menora Foods
Filipino food group Monde Nissin Corporation has acquired privately owned Australian business Menora Foods.
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Hockey approves JBS’s $1.4 billion takeover of Primo
Brazil’s JBS has been given approval to acquire Primo Smallgoods.
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Orica to carry out share buyback
Orica has announced it will carry out a $400 million share buyback over the next 12 months.
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Strategic review of Cardia/Stellar merger completed
Cardia Bioplastics has announced the results of the strategic review of manufacturing from its proposed merger with Stellar Films Group.
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