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David Brown David Brown Textron is to shed 95 of the 690 jobs at its pumps and gears manufacturing operation in Huddersfield. 21-Jan-2004 David Brown Textron is planning to make significant job cuts at its gearboxes factory in Huddersfield, which has 170 workers, and some manufacturing could be transferred to Thailand or to outside suppliers. 10-Oct-2002 David Brown Textron is to shed 95 of the 460 jobs at its gear manufacturing site in Huddersfield over the next six months. 03-May-2002 David Brown is to shed up to 100 jobs at its Huddersfield-based engineering business, as part of a plan to base its Radicon gears business at Penistone and close down Radicon operations at Lockwood, Sunderland and Harrow in Middlesex. 11-Dec-2000 David Brown is to shed 112 jobs at its plant in Huddersfield, having reached the end of a contract to supply transmission systems for the Challenger 2 tank. 11-Aug-2000 David Brown, the pumps and gears concern, is being acquired by Textron, the US industrial group that is building up a global fluid and power systems business, for £195m. 05-Sep-1998 David Brown, the gears and pumps company, has received a takeover approach from an unnamed company thought to be from the US. 28-Aug-1998 David Brown is planning a strategic review of its gears and pumps business, which could mean that disposals are necessary following the recent acquisition of Union Pump of the US. 29-Apr-1998 David Brown is discussing the acquisition of the transmissions business of Alvis for about £8m, and would merge it with its mobile equipment drives division. 16-Jan-1998 David Brown is acquiring Union Pumps Company, the US pumps concern, for £38m. 25-Nov-1997 David Brown has identified a shortlist of potential acquisitions intended to provide a major expansion in its North American engineering business. 01-May-1997 David Brown Group is in discussions with a number of US gear companies about a possible acquisition, worth up to £100m, in order to expand in North America. 16-Dec-1996 David Brown, the engineering group, is to open a joint venture plant in Indonesia to make a range of gear products. 26-Apr-1996 David Brown Group has restructured into the following activities - industrial gears, mobile equipment drives and pumps, and has set up an Asia Pacific division. 13-Oct-1995 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007