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Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] - Puzzled by simple things. Looking for guidance

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Subject: Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] - Puzzled by simple things. Looking for guidance
From: DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey@cs.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:53:43 +0000 (UTC)
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So, technically, what's left of LucasVarity is now German-owned, and TRW=20
is no more.
 Und, so now ze German take-over of Europe is complete !
=20
Dave=20

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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com>
To: John Macartney <John.Macartney@Ukpips.org.uk>
Cc: triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>; Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Sent: Sat, Jun 15, 2019 5:15 am
Subject: Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] - Puzzled by simple things. Looking for guidan=
ce

On 6/15/2019 3:26 AM, John Macartney wrote:
> Lucas Industries merged with Varity in 1996 to become LucasVarity.=20
> That merger was then absorbed/bought out by TRW so Lucas now an=20
> American company?
>
Not exactly.=C2=A0 The company's main divisions--aerospace, automotive and=
=20
credit reporting--were sold off at various times over the past twenty=20
years.=C2=A0 TRW bought LucasVarity, then sold off the division, LucasDiese=
l,=20
to Delphi and Lucas Aerospace to Goodrich.=C2=A0 In 2002, Northrop Grumman=
=20
took TRW in a hostile takeover.=C2=A0 The automotive assets of TRW and=20
LucasVarity were then sold to the investment fund, the Blackstone Group,=20
as TRW Automotive.=C2=A0 The credit reporting division was spun off as=20
Experion, while the Blackstone Group eventually sold TRW Automotive to ZF.

So, technically, what's left of LucasVarity is now German-owned, and TRW=20
is no more.


Cheers, John.

--=20


Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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kquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">So, techni=
cally, what's left of LucasVarity is now German-owned, and TRW <br clear=3D=
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<div> <font size=3D"3">Und, so now ze German take-over of Europe is complet=
e !</font><br>
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<div style=3D"clear:both"><font size=3D"4">Dave </font><br>
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Original Message-----<br>
From: Michael Porter &lt;mdporter@dfn.com&gt;<br>
To: John Macartney &lt;John.Macartney@Ukpips.org.uk&gt;<br>
Cc: triumphs &lt;triumphs@autox.team.net&gt;; Randall &lt;tr3driver@ca.rr.c=
om&gt;<br>
Sent: Sat, Jun 15, 2019 5:15 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] [EXTERNAL] - Puzzled by simple things. Looking for guidan=
ce<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On 6/15/2019 3:26 AM, John Macartney wrote:<br clear=3D"no=
ne">&gt; Lucas Industries merged with Varity in 1996 to become LucasVarity.=
 <br clear=3D"none">&gt; That merger was then absorbed/bought out by TRW so=
 Lucas now an <br clear=3D"none">&gt; American company?<br clear=3D"none">&=
gt;<br clear=3D"none">Not exactly.&nbsp; The company's main divisions--aero=
space, automotive and <br clear=3D"none">credit reporting--were sold off at=
 various times over the past twenty <br clear=3D"none">years.&nbsp; TRW bou=
ght LucasVarity, then sold off the division, LucasDiesel, <br clear=3D"none=
">to Delphi and Lucas Aerospace to Goodrich.&nbsp; In 2002, Northrop Grumma=
n <br clear=3D"none">took TRW in a hostile takeover.&nbsp; The automotive a=
ssets of TRW and <br clear=3D"none">LucasVarity were then sold to the inves=
tment fund, the Blackstone Group, <br clear=3D"none">as TRW Automotive.&nbs=
p; The credit reporting division was spun off as <br clear=3D"none">Experio=
n, while the Blackstone Group eventually sold TRW Automotive to ZF.<br clea=
r=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">So, technically, what's left of LucasVarity i=
s now German-owned, and TRW <br clear=3D"none">is no more.<br clear=3D"none=
"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Cheers, John.
<div class=3D"yqt4673064787" id=3D"yqtfd77616"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=
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