Corporate profile
"During the last five years, Low & Bonar has been transformed from a three-legged business operating in Plastics, Floors and a small Technical Textiles division to one of the world's largest performance materials groups focused on technical textiles."
| July 2004 |
Acquisition of 50.1% of Yihua Bonar (carpet backing and civil engineering, China) for £3m |
| December 2004 |
Acquisition of ADFIL (civil engineering, UK) for £12.9m |
| July 2005 |
Acquisition of Xirion (artificial grass yarns, Belgium) for €16.5m |
| July 2005 |
Disposal of Bonar Plastics for £25.8m |
| February 2006 |
Acquisition of Geo-Tipptex (civil engineering, Hungary) for €14.9m |
| July 2006 |
Acquisition of Colbond (carpet tile backing, civil engineering, building products, the Netherlands) for €106.9m |
| December 2007 |
Acquisition of MTX (trailer, building products, print media, Germany) for €159.9m |
| April 2008 |
Announcement of Yarns joint venture in Abu Dhabi |
| September 2008 |
Disposal of Bonar Floors for £123m |