Article: Woman gets uplifting surprise for 50th birthday

Article: Tomkins PLC Proposed Sale of Its European Food ...
Business Wire;  July 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2000 The board of Tomkins PLC ("Tomkins") announces that it has entered into an agreement to sell Tomkins' European food manufacturing businesses ("RHM Europe") to Doughty Hanson ...

Article: Tomkins to buy Gates Rubber.
European Rubber Journal;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... s merger with British conglomerate Tomkins plc won't strongly impact how Gates ... and belt maker selected London-based Tomkins Dec. 11 as its partner after a nine-month selection process. "[Choosing Tomkins] involved a combination of factors ...

Article: Tomkins plc
International Directory of Company Histories;      700+ words ...Tomkins plc East Putney House 84 Upper Richmond ... Company Incorporated: 1925 as F. H. Tomkins Buckle Co. Ltd. Employees: 45,496 ... 3432 Plumbing Fixture Fittings and Trim Tomkins plc is a multinational conglomerate, overseeing ...

Article: TOMKINS LIKES HIS CHANCES.(Sports)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... writer Over the past few years, Gary Tomkins has been on a bungee cord at Super DIRT ... 2003, the bungee cord snapped back and Tomkins wound up 33rd with a blown motor. In ... the bungee cord practically dropped Tomkins to the ground. He was in 12th after 52 ...

Article: Tomkins to keep Gates, wants family's shares.(Brief ...
Rubber & Plastics News;  January 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ...LONDON--Tomkins P.L.C.'s board has decided against ... according to Chairman David Newlands. But Tomkins' management wants to buy out various Gates family trust holdings--the result of Tomkins' 1996 acquisition of Gates Rubber ...

Article: Tomkins Disposes of Smith & Wesson.
Business Wire;  May 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2001 Tomkins PLC ("Tomkins") today announces that its subsidiary Tomkins Corporation has completed the sale of the entire share capital of Smith & Wesson ...

Article: Tomkins trial likely to wait
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... grinding court process ahead. The case of John Tomkins could take a year or more to move to trial ... with the prosecution's contention that Tomkins is a flight risk and a danger to the community, Tomkins would spend months behind bars before he ...