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Manganese Bronze Manganese Bronze is forming a partnership with Tanfield to develop an electric version of the TX4 taxi cab by 2009. 23-Apr-2008 Manganese Bronze is planning a £53m joint venture with Zhejiang Geely for the manufacture of taxis in China, with annual production of 20,000 vehicles starting in mid-2008. 05-Oct-2006 Manganese Bronze is in talks with Prime Transport about the possibility of manufacturing black taxi cabs in Pakistan for sale to the local market, and is also looking at opportunities in Mexico and China. 12-Jun-2006 Manganese Bronze, the manufacturer of black taxi cabs, has acquired a further 72% stake in its US distributor London Taxis North America Holdings for £1m plus shares. 14-Jun-2005 Manganese Bronze has announced a deal with TransPacific of the US to assemble taxis in Mexico, using kits exported from the UK. 12-Mar-2004 Manganese Bronze is planning to form a joint venture with China National Bluestar to manufacture taxis in China. 10-Feb-2004 Manganese Bronze is to sell its components division to BSA Holdings for £8m, including Deans Powered Doors of Beverley, Advanced Sintering of Ipswich, Metal Powders of Birmingham and Precision Castings of Redditch. 11-Jul-2003 Manganese Bronze has announced a 20-year licensing agreement with Brilliance China to manufacture taxi cabs at the Shenyang plant in north-east China. 08-Jan-2002 Manganese Bronze is planning to increase export sales by launching a left-hand drive version of its London taxi, with sales to Spain and Germany starting this year. 21-Sep-1999 Manganese Bronze, the manufacturer of London cabs, has dropped plans for a management buy-out having failed to win backing from institutional investors. 08-May-1999 Manganese Bronze, the manufacturer of London cabs, is planning to go private in a management buy-out, as it believes its share price does not reflect the true value of the company. 01-May-1999 Manganese Bronze is cutting 75 jobs at its Coventry factory and 35 in Ipswich due to a slowdown in sales of new taxis. 28-Nov-1998 Manganese Bronze is considering plans to build a new factory in the Coventry area to manufacture the TX1 taxi, which would mean quitting its existing site on the west side of the city. 15-Sep-1998 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008