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Vickers Bridging

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Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd of Wolverhampton

1993 Vickers won a deal to build military bridging equipment for South Korea. It will supply transportable 22m bridges and 41 hydraulic launching ...[1]

1995 ... the prime contractor to the Ministry of Defence, is producing Bridging for the 90's. The Bridging system comprises of a range of modular and interchangeable bridge panels produced from high strength weldable Aluminium alloy.[2]

1995 Vickers is expanding its defence interests with a £23.4 million acquisition by buying Thompson Defence Projects, based in Wolverhampton, which makes military support bridge ...from Rolls-Royce Power Engineering[3]

1999 Part of Vickers Defence Systems[4]

2002 Acquired by Alvis

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Newcastle Evening Chronicle 01 September 1993
  2. ↑ Wolverhampton Express and Star 13 July 1995
  3. ↑ Halifax Evening Courier 20 June 1995
  4. ↑ 1999 Annual report
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