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This page provides some benchmarks for acquisitions and
disposals during the telecommunication booms and busts
of the past twenty years.
It covers -
auto and railbody
Landmarks include -
- DaimlerChrysler
sells heavy diesel motor arm MTU Friedrichshafen and
parts of Detroit Diesel to Swedish buyout firm EQT for
€1.6bn
-
Porsche buys 20% of VW for US$3.6bn in 2005
- Proton
sells stake in Augusta for symbolic €1
- Proton
buys 57.57% stake in Augusta for €70m in 2004
- Fiat
sells stake in GM for US$1.2bn in 2002
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GM pays US$600m to double its stake in Suzuki (to 20%)
in 2001
- Bombardier
buys Adtranz from DaimlerChrysler for US$725m in 2001
- DaimlerChrysler
takes one-third stake in Mitsubishi Motors for US$2.1bn
in 2000, exits in 2005
- GM
buys 20% of Fiat for US$2.4bn in 2000, exits in 2005
- BMW
sells Land Rover to Ford for £1.85bn in 2000
- Ford
buys Volvo car operations for US$6.45bn in 1999
- TRW
buys LucasVarity for US$7bn in 1999
- Daimler
Benz buys Chrysler for US$40.5bn in 1998
- Vickers
sells Rolls-Royce to BMW for £340m in 1998
- DaimlerChrysler
buys ABB's 50% of Adtranz joint venture for US$472m
in 1998
- GM
spins off EDS for US$28bn in 1996
- BMW
buys Rover group from British Aerospace for £800m
in 1994
- BMW
buys Rover group from British Aerospace for £800m
in 1994
Pre-1992
landmarks include -
- Volkswagen
acquires Skoda Auto in 1991
- Ford
buys Jaguar for US$2.5bn in 1990
- Ross
Perot sells EDS to GM for US$2.5bn in 1984
- Maybach-Motorenbau
merges with Daimler-Benz as Maybach Mercedes-Benz Motorenbau,
later Motoren- und Turbinen-Union Friedrichshafen (MTU)
in 1966
- Chrysler
gains control of Rootes in 1964
- Chrysler
takes over Société Industrielle de Mécanique
et Carrosserie Automobile (SIMCA) in 1963
- American
Motors formed by US$197m merger of Hudson Motors and
Nash-Kelvinator
aerospace and defence
Other landmarks include -
- General
Dynamics buys Anteon International for US$2.1bn in 2005
- UTC
buys Chubb for US$1bn in 2003
- General
Dynamics buys Veridian for US$1.2bn in 2003
- Northrop
Grumman buys TRW for US$7.8bn in 2002
- TRW
aeronautical systems unit acquired by Goodrich for US$1.5bn
in 2002
- General
Dynamics buys Motorola's Integrated Information Systems
Group for US$825m in 2001
- Northrop
Grumman buys Newport News Shipbuilding for US$2.6bn
in 2001
- UTC
sells UT Automotive to Lear Corp for US$2.3bn in 1999
-
GM spins off Delphi auto parts unit in 1999
- GM
buys Primestar's direct-to-home business for US$1.3bn
in 1999
- European
Aeronautic Space & Defense (EADS) formed through
merger of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA), Aerospatiale-Matra,
and Construcciones Aeronauticas SA (CASA)
- UTC
buys Sundstrand for US$4.3bn in 1999
-
Raytheon buys General Motors' Hughes Aircraft defense
business for US$9.5bn in 1997
- Boeing
buys McDonnell Douglas for US$13.3bn in 1995
- Martin
Marietta and Lockheed merge in US$10bn deal in 1994
- Martin
Marietta acquires aerospace assets of General Electric
for US$3.05bn in 1993
- Lockheed
acquires General Dynamics' Tactical Aircraft division
for US$1.52bn in 1993
engineering
Engineering landmarks include
-
Toshiba Corporation agrees to buy Westinghouse Electric
from British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) for US$5.4bnin 2006
- BNFL
buys Westinghouse for US$1.1bn in 1999
- Halliburton
acquires Dresser for US$7.7bn in 1998
- Halliburton
acquires Brown & Root in 1962
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