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FW Thorpe lights up Solite Europe

FW Thorpe Plc, a Redditch-based manufacturer of lighting equipment, has acquired Manchester-based rival Solite Europe. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed. For more deals click here.

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Western Digital acquires SiliconSystems

Western Digital, a California-based specialist in hard drive storage, has acquired SiliconSystems, a supplier of solid state drives, for $65 million (£45.5 million) in cash. SiliconSystems will now trade as WD Solid-State Storage. 

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ReSearch Pharma acquires Paramax 

ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services (RPS), a Delaware-based provider of clinical solutions to the bio-pharmaceutical industry, has acquired medical research organisation Paramax International for $1 million (£700,000) in cash.

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Ocampo acquires MTS

Dorset-based manufacturer of defence and aerospace systems Cobham Plc has sold M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MTS), its US commercial business division, to John Ocampo, the owner of private equity fund GaAs Labs, for up to $90 million (£65 million). 

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Takeover targets

With more than 70 per cent of AIM ventures valued at £20 million or less, dealmakers don't have to look far to find value for money on the London Stock Exchange's junior market.

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Wyeth division buys Thiakis 

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth, has acquired private equity-backed Thiakis, a privately held biotechnology company based in the UK, for an initial payment of $30 million (£20 million).

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DHL delivers Romanian deal 

DHL has acquired Romanian rival Cargus in a deal that is understood to be the largest transaction in the domestic courier market.

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TUI Travel picks up sporty number 

TUI Travel, the group behind First Choice and Thompson, has acquired specialist sports travel company Teamlink Travel from founders George and Daniel Cooper and Mark Gardener for an undisclosed sum. Gardner will remain with the company as managing director.

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DHL delivers Romanian deal 

DHL has acquired Romanian rival Cargus in a deal that is understood to be the largest transaction in the domestic courier market.

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TUI Travel picks up sporty number 

TUI Travel, the group behind First Choice and Thompson, has acquired specialist sports travel company Teamlink Travel from founders George and Daniel Cooper and Mark Gardener for an undisclosed sum. Gardner will remain with the company as managing director.

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SABMiller sells bottling operations

SABMiller Plc has announced that subsidiaries of its Colombian concern Bavaria SA have completed the sale of Bebidas y Aguas Gaseosa Occidente SRL, its Pepsi bottling operations in Bolivia, for up to US$27 million.

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Nationwide cashes in on Dunfermline

Nationwide Building Society has snapped up the head office, branches, savings accounts and the majority of the residential mortgage book of collapsed Dunfermline, Scotland’s largest building society. 

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High Court approval for Kerry deal

Food giant Kerry Group is free to press on with the acquisition of Breeo Foods, a subsidiary of Ireland-based Reox Holdings Plc, almost a year after an appeal against a decision by the Competition Authority of Ireland to block the proposed deal. 

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RLtec gets further investment

Low carbon venture investor Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA) has made a further equity investment of £300,000 in London-based clean technology company ResponsiveLoad - which trades as RLtec.

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