Disposal

AVON RUBBER PLC
17 September 1999


 
               DISPOSAL OF FABRICATIONS BUSINESS
                               
Avon  Rubber  p.l.c. announces that it has agreed,  subject  to
contract, the sale of its fabrications business to Checkmate UK
Limited.
 
The consideration for this disposal is £700,000 in cash for the
assets  employed  including stock, the  latter  subject  to  an
adjustment based on stock values at completion.
 
The  fabrications  business  is  a  part  of  Avon's  Technical
Products  Division and manufactures a range of  products  using
fabric  reinforced rubber, including hovercraft skirts,  diving
suits and plugs used in jet aircraft engines.
 
The  prospective purchasers have indicated that  they  wish  to
relocate the business, complete with its current employees,  to
premises within the Wiltshire area.
 
Checkmate, through Air Cushion in Southampton, have  since  the
early   1970's   developed  substantial   experience   in   the
manufacture  of  hovercraft skirts  and  in  specialist  rubber
engineering.
 
 
The  disposal  will  enable  Avon Rubber's  Technical  Products
Division to concentrate on business activities that support its
strategy of long term sustainable growth.
 
                               
For further information please contact:
 
 
Avon Rubber p.l.c.
Bill Taylor, Business Services Director            01373 863010
 
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