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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">So, technically, what's left of LucasVarity is now German-owned, and TRW <br clear="none">is no more.</blockquote></div>
<div> <font size="3">Und, so now ze German take-over of Europe is complete !</font><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com><br>
To: John Macartney <John.Macartney@Ukpips.org.uk><br>
Cc: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>; Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com><br>
Sent: Sat, Jun 15, 2019 5:15 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] - Puzzled by simple things. Looking for guidance<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On 6/15/2019 3:26 AM, John Macartney wrote:<br clear="none">> Lucas Industries merged with Varity in 1996 to become LucasVarity. <br clear="none">> That merger was then absorbed/bought out by TRW so Lucas now an <br clear="none">> American company?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">Not exactly. The company's main divisions--aerospace, automotive and <br clear="none">credit reporting--were sold off at various times over the past twenty <br clear="none">years. TRW bought LucasVarity, then sold off the division, LucasDiesel, <br clear="none">to Delphi and Lucas Aerospace to Goodrich. In 2002, Northrop Grumman <br clear="none">took TRW in a hostile takeover. The automotive assets of TRW and <br clear="none">LucasVarity were then sold to the investment fund, the Blackstone Group, <br clear="none">as TRW Automotive. The credit reporting division was spun off as <br clear="none">Experion, while the Blackstone Group eventually sold TRW Automotive to ZF.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So, technically, what's left of LucasVarity is now German-owned, and TRW <br clear="none">is no more.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers, John.
<div class="yqt4673064787" id="yqtfd77616"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Michael Porter<br clear="none">Roswell, NM<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">** <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs </a> <a shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dave1massey@cs.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/dave1massey@cs.com</a><br clear="none"></div>
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