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Alvis BAe Systems is to acquire Alvis, the tank manufacturer, for £335m, having beaten a rival bid from General Dynamics. 07-Jun-2004 Alvis, the manufacturer of military vehicles, has received a £309m takeover bid from General Dynamics of the US. 12-Mar-2004 Alvis Vickers is to shed 190 of the 357 jobs at its military vehicles plant in Telford. 30-Jan-2004 Alvis has won a £166m contract to manufacture more than 400 command and liaison vehicles for the Ministry of Defence, which will help to secure jobs at its Telford factory. 07-Nov-2003 BAe Systems is to acquire a 29% stake in Alvis, the armoured vehicle manufacturer, from GKN for £73m. 25-Aug-2003 Alvis is to acquire the Vickers Defence tank manufacturing business from Rolls-Royce for £16m, which will involve the transfer of 1,300 staff at sites in Newcastle, Wolverhampton and South Africa. 05-Aug-2002 Alvis is in discussions to acquire the Vickers Defence Systems division of Rolls-Royce, which includes a tank factory in Newcastle upon Tyne. 12-Feb-2002 Alvis is selling a division that manufacturers bomb disposal robots to Northrop Grumman of the US for £1.4m, and job losses are expected among the 31 Coventry-based workers. 11-Apr-2000 Alvis has sold a 25% stake in Avimo Group, the Singapore-based electro-optics group, to Thomson-CSF for £34m, in order to focus on military vehicles and related land systems. 21-Sep-1999 Alvis has sold Barracuda Technologies, its camouflage equipment subsidiary, to Saab of Sweden for up to £5.6m. 03-Jul-1999 Alvis is forming a joint venture with Patria Industries to supply armoured vehicles in Finland. 12-Apr-1999 GKN and Alvis are to merge their tanks businesses with GKN swapping its interests for a 29.9% stake in Alvis, and the deal is expected to lead to the closure of Alvis's plant in Coventry. 16-Sep-1998 Alvis is acquiring Hagglunds Vehicle, the Swedish armoured vehicle maker, from Incentive for £75m. 26-Sep-1997 More from the Engineering sector Related pages: Mayborn Miba Tyzack Lister-Petter Titan Europe Home Service Alvis website: www.alvis.plc.uk The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008