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                       Securities and Exchange Commission
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 
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                                 Schedule 14D-1
                             Tender Offer Statement
                          Pursuant to Section 14(d)(1)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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                               Amdura Corporation
                           (Name of Subject Company)

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                              ADU Acquisition Inc.
                                      and
                                    FKI plc
                                    (Bidder)

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                          Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

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                                   23426-70-3
                     (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

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                             Robert M. Miller, Esq.
                              ADU Acquisition Inc.
                            c/o FKI Industries Inc.
                    425 Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06430-0970
                                 (203) 255-7100
          (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
            Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Bidder)

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                                    Copy to:
                              James H. Bell, Esq.
                                 Parson & Brown
                      230 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10169
                           Telephone: (212) 551-9800

                                 March 22, 1995

                           Calculation of Filing Fee

   TRANSACTION VALUATION                                AMOUNT OF FILING FEE
      $64,305,825.00*                                       $12,862.00

/ /   Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2)
      and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid.
      Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form
      or Schedule and the Date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:_____________     Form or Registration No.:_____________
Filing Party:_______________________     Date Filed:___________________________

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*Note: The transaction value is calculated by adding (a) the product of $2.30,
the per share tender offer price, and 25,198,212, the sum of 24,665,160, the
number of outstanding shares of common stock, and 533,052, the number of shares
of common stock issuable under a pending class action settlement, (b)
$5,377,500, the amount estimated to be payable to holders of preferred stock,
and (c) $972,437, the amount payable to holders of outstanding stock options
upon their cancellation.
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CUSIP No. 23426-70-3            14D-1                      Page 2 of 8 Pages
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    1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
           S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS
              FKI plc
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    2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*          (a)  / /
                                                                      (b)  /x/
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    3      SEC USE ONLY
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    4      SOURCE OF FUNDS*
             WC
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    5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED
           PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e) OR 2(f)                                 / /
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    6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
              Organized in England.
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    7      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
               24,665,160 shares
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    8      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (7) EXCLUDES
           CERTAIN SHARES*                                                  / /
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    9      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)
               100%
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   10      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
               CO
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                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 23426-70-3            14D-1                      Page 3 of 8 Pages
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    1      NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
           S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS
               ADU Acquisition Inc.
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    2      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a)  / /
                                                                    (b)  /x/
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    3      SEC USE ONLY
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    4      SOURCE OF FUNDS*
              AF
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    5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED
           PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(e) OR 2(f)                                  / /
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    6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
              Incorporated in Delaware.
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    7      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
              24,665,160 shares
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    8      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (7) EXCLUDES
           CERTAIN SHARES*
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    9      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)
              100%
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   10      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
              CO
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                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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                                 Schedule 14D-1


      This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule 14D-1 (this "Statement") relates
to the offer by ADU Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Purchaser") and
an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of FKI plc, a company organized under the
laws of England ("Parent"), to purchase all outstanding shares of Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Amdura Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), at a price of $2.30 per Share, net to the seller in
cash, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Purchaser's
Offer to Purchase dated March 22, 1995 (the "Offer to Purchase") and in the
related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Offer"), copies of
which are attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2), respectively.

ITEM 1. SECURITY AND SUBJECT COMPANY.

      (a) The name of the subject company is Amdura Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, which has its principal executive offices at 900 Main Street,
South, Suite 2A, Building B, PO Box 870, Southbury, CT 06488-0870.

      (b) The class of equity securities being sought is all the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company. The
information set forth in the Introduction and Section 1 ("Terms of the Offer;
Expiration Date") of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

      (c) The information concerning the principal market in which the Shares
are traded and certain high and low sales prices for the Shares in such
principal market set forth in Section 6 ("Price Range of Shares; Dividends") of
the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

      (a) - (d) and (g) This Statement is filed by Purchaser and Parent. The
information concerning the name, state or other place of organization, principal
business and address of the principal office of each of Purchaser and Parent,
and the information concerning the name, business address, present principal
occupation or employment and the name, principal business and address of any
corporation or other organization in which such employment or occupation is
conducted, material occupations, positions, offices or employments during the
last five years and citizenship of each of the executive officers and directors
of Purchaser and Parent are set forth in the Introduction, Section 8 ("Certain
Information Concerning Purchaser and Parent") and Schedule I of the Offer to
Purchase and are incorporated herein by reference.

      (e) and (f) During the last five years, none of Purchaser or Parent, and,
to the best knowledge of Purchaser and Parent, none of the persons listed in
Schedule I of the Offer to Purchase has been (i) convicted in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a
party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of

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competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a
judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting
activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation
of such laws.

ITEM 3. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SUBJECT COMPANY.

      (a) The information set forth in Section 8 ("Certain Information
Concerning Purchaser and Parent") and Section 10 ("Background of the Offer;
Contacts with the Company; the Merger Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement")
is incorporated herein by reference.

      (b) The information set forth in the Introduction, Section 7 ("Certain
Information Concerning the Company"), Section 8 ("Certain Information Concerning
Purchaser and Parent"), Section 10 ("Background of the Offer; Contacts with the
Company; the Merger Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement") and Section 11
("Purpose of the Offer; Plans for the Company After the Offer and the Merger")
of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 4.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

      (a) - (c) The information set forth in Section 9 ("Financing of the Offer
and the Merger") of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 5. PURPOSE OF THE TENDER OFFER AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS OF THE BIDDER.

      (a) - (e) The information set forth in the Introduction, Section 10
("Background of the Offer; Contacts with the Company; the Merger Agreement and
the Stockholders Agreement") and Section 11 ("Purpose of the Offer; Plans for
the Company After the Offer and the Merger") of the Offer to Purchase is
incorporated herein by reference.

      (f) and (g) The information set forth in Section 13 ("Effect of the Offer
on the Market for Shares, Exchange Listing and Exchange Act Registration") of
the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 6.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY.

      (a) and (b) The information set forth in Section 8 ("Certain Information
Concerning Purchaser and Parent") of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated
herein by reference.

ITEM 7.  CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT
         TO THE SUBJECT COMPANY'S SECURITIES.

      The information set forth in the Introduction, Section 8 ("Certain
Information Concerning Purchaser and Parent"), Section 10 ("Background of the
Offer; Contacts with the Company; the Merger Agreement and the Stockholders


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Agreement") and Section 11 ("Purpose of the Offer; Plans for the Company After
the Offer and the Merger") of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 8. PERSONS RETAINED, EMPLOYED OR TO BE COMPENSATED.

      The information set forth in the Introduction and Section 16 ("Fees and
Expenses") of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF CERTAIN BIDDERS.

      The information set forth in Section 8 ("Certain Information Concerning
Purchaser and Parent") of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

      (a)  Not applicable.

      (b) - (c) and (e) The information set forth in Section 15 ("Certain Legal
Matters and Regulatory Approvals") of the Offer to Purchase is incorporated
herein by reference.

      (d) The information set forth in Section 13 ("Effect of the Offer on the
Market for the Shares, Exchange Listing and Exchange Act Registration") of the
Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.

      (f) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of
Transmittal and the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 15, 1995,
among Parent, Purchaser and the Company, copies of which are attached hereto as
Exhibits (a)(1), (a)(2) and (c)(1), is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

     (a)(1)  Form of Offer to Purchase dated March 22, 1995.
     (a)(2)  Form of Letter of Transmittal.
     (a)(3)  Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
     (a)(4)  Form of Letter from Georgeson & Company Inc. to Brokers, Dealers,
             Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Nominees.
     (a)(5)  Form of Letter from Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust
             Companies and Nominees to Clients.
     (a)(6)  Form of Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification
             Number on Substitute Form W-9.
     (a)(7)  Summary Advertisement as published in The Wall Street Journal
             on March 22, 1995.
     (a)(8)  Press Release issued by Parent on March 16, 1995.
     (b)     None.
     (c)(1)  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 15, 1995, among
             Parent, Purchaser and the Company.
     (c)(2)  Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1995, among
             Purchaser and Internationale Nederlanden (U.S.) Capital
             Corporation, Orcas Limited Partnership, The Network Company II
             Limited and Investors Trading AB.
     (c)(3)  Supplemental Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1995,
             among Purchaser and Internationale Nederlanden (U.S.) Capital
             Corporation, Orcas Limited Partnership and The Network Company II
             Limited.
     (c)(4)  Confidentiality Agreement, dated November 21, 1994, between Parent
             and the Company.
     (c)(5)  Due Diligence Agreement, dated February 15, 1995 between Parent
             and the Company.
     (d)     None.
     (e)     Not applicable.
     (f)     None.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


                                  FKI plc

                                  By: /s/ Steven D. Jones
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                                      Name:    Steven D. Jones
                                      Title:   Director of Corporate
                                               Planning

                                  ADU ACQUISITION INC.

                                  By: /s/ Robert M. Miller
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                                      Name:     Robert M. Miller
                                      Title:    Vice President

March 22, 1995

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

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(a)(1)      Form of Offer to Purchase dated March 22, 1995..........................................

(a)(2)      Form of Letter of Transmittal...........................................................

(a)(3)      Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery...................................................

(a)(4)      Form of Letter from Georgeson & Company Inc. to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
            Trust Companies and Nominees............................................................

(a)(5)      Form of Letter from Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Nominees
            to Clients..............................................................................

(a)(6)      Form of Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute
            Form W-9................................................................................

(a)(7)      Summary Advertisement as published in The Wall Street Journal on March
            22, 1995................................................................................

(a)(8)      Press Release issued by Parent on March 16, 1995........................................

(b)         None....................................................................................

(c)(1)      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 15, 1995, among Parent, Purchaser
            and the Company.........................................................................

(c)(2)      Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1995, among Purchaser and
            Internationale Nederlanden (U.S.) Capital Corporation, Orcas Limited Partnership,
            The Network Company II Limited and Investors Trading AB.................................

(c)(3)      Supplemental Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March 15, 1995, among Purchaser and
            Internationale Nederlanden (U.S.) Capital Corporation, Orcas Limited Partnership and
            The Network Company II Limited..........................................................

(c)(4)      Confidentiality Agreement, dated November 21, 1994, between Parent and the Company......

(c)(5)      Due Diligence Agreement, dated February 15, 1995, between Parent and the Company........

(d)         None....................................................................................

(e)         Not applicable..........................................................................

(f)         None....................................................................................



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