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Lucas Industries merged with Varity in 1996 to become LucasVarity. That merg=
er was then absorbed/bought out by TRW so Lucas now an American company?
Jonmac
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> On 14 Jun 2019, at 23:48, Michael Porter <mdporter@dfn.com> wrote:
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inal, beyond owning the right to use those 5 letters in that order.
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> They, indeed, are greatly diversified. They even have an aircraft manufac=
turing division of some sort, and an engineering consulting group inside tha=
t division. They were contracted to a parent company for which I worked a c=
ouple of decades plus ago, and they were nitwits. And expensive nitwits at t=
hat.
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The Lucas name has been sliced and diced so many times that I
don't think the current company (whoever they are) has anything in
common with the original, beyond owning the right to use those 5
letters in that order.</blockquote>
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<p>They, indeed, are greatly diversified. They even have an
aircraft manufacturing division of some sort, and an engineering
consulting group inside that division. They were contracted to a=
parent company for which I worked a couple of decades plus ago,
and they were nitwits. And expensive nitwits at that.</p>
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<p>Cheers.<br>
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