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	Alvis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thor's daughter, Thrud, was promised to Alvis in exchange for which Alvis made weapons for the gods.
		Alvis agreed and Thor made the tests last until after the sun had risen--all dwarves turned to stone when exposed to sunlight, so Alvis was petrified and Thrud remained unmarried.
		Alvis is also the name of a fictional deity on the show Sealab 2021.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alvis (149 words)

	Alvis Plc Business Information, Profile, and History
		Alvis Plc has weathered the odds to become a candidate for the position as the United Kingdom's sole surviving armored vehicle supplier.
		Alvis concentrates on designing and manufacturing light armored vehicles, such as the wheeled armored vehicle Scarab, the Supacat all-terrain vehicle, the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle, the Piranha armored vehicle, and the Stormer armored vehicle.
		Alvis struck again a year later when it announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire GKN's light armored vehicle division in exchange for a 30 percent stake in Alvis.
	companies.jrank.org /pages/180/Alvis-Plc.html (2547 words)

	Alvis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Thor 's daughter, Thrud, was promised to Alvis inexchange for which Alvis made weapons for the gods.
		Alvis agreed and Thor made the tests last until after the sun hadrisen--all dwarves turned to stone when exposed to sunlight, so Alvis was petrified and Thrud remained unmarried.
		Alvis was also the name of a British manufacturer of luxury cars.
	www.therfcc.org /alvis-149323.html (123 words)

	Alvis Cars - Wikicars
		Not only had Alvis lost their car factory but many of the prewar coachbuilders had not survived either and those that had were quickly acquired by other manufacturers.
		Rover took a controlling interest in Alvis in 1965 and a Rover-designed mid-engined V8 coupé prototype named the P6BS was rumoured to be the new Alvis model but with the takeover by British Leyland this too was shelved.
		The Alvis name lived on with armoured fighting vehicle production and those who, like many, regretted the loss of a great car name, took some comfort from the fact that, unlike many other great names from the past, the brand had never been abused or applied to any product not worthy of the name.
	wikicars.org /en/Alvis_Cars (1483 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Indonesia probes UK arms deal
		In an earlier court case, Alvis was alleged to have paid $16.5m to Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana.
		In court papers, an Alvis employee said her support was "crucial" to the deal.
		Alvis is alleged to have employed Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, also known as Tutut, as a consultant.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4098059.stm (325 words)

	Rolls-Royce: Media Room
		Rolls-Royce plc and Alvis plc announced today that they have reached agreement on the sale of Vickers Defence Systems (VDS), a leading integrated high technology land defence systems business, and associated businesses, to Alvis for a gross consideration of £16.2 million.
		The disposal is conditional upon Alvis shareholder approval and gaining clearance from the relevant UK and South African regulatory and competition authorities.
		Alvis plc is a UK-based company with interests in armoured fighting vehicles and other specialist vehicles for military application.
	www.rolls-royce.com /media/showPR.jsp?PR_ID=1245 (459 words)

	Guardian \| Alvis: the president's family and the payoffs
		Alvis plc signed the deal with her on May 4 1994, promising her money "to assist with sales of the Scorpion [tank]".
		Another Alvis executive, Lionel Steele, recorded that if the attention of the president's family was attracted to a deal, they "would automatically want to be involved in any large contract".
		Despite the fact that the first Alvis shipment had been in such a rush that the tanks did not work properly, another £80m was found from the Indonesian treasury to buy 50 more of them.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5081657-103547,00.html (737 words)

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		The Offer for each Alvis Share will be 320 pence in cash, and values the existing issued share capital of Alvis at approximately £355 million.
		Alvis is a highly successful business with a major presence in the European land sector.
		Alvis is one of the world?s leading manufacturers of armoured vehicles with an installed base of around 30,000 vehicles.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/26-172.aspx (851 words)

	Defenceindia : UK firm accused of £16m arms bribe
		Alvis plc is fighting to prevent the Guardian gaining access to court documents about the £160m sale of Scorpion tanks to the then Suharto regime in Jakarta.
		Alvis had argued that the payments through an Indonesian local agent, Rini Soekardono, were the reason Alvis secured contracts from the Indonesian government in 1995 and 1996 to supply Scorpion armoured fighting vehicles.
		Stuart Ritchie, for Alvis, asked for the Guardian to be refused permission, saying there was an "uneasy tension" between the paper's professed basis for seeking disclosure and the true basis.
	www.defenceindia.com /company_news/news27.html (650 words)

	Alvis set for £1bn army work
		Alvis is the junior partner in a three-company consortium called Artec, led by Krauss-Maffei Wegman, a subsidiary of Mannesmann, the German company bidding for Orange, Britain's third-biggest mobile phone operator.
		The Alvis share of the development phase works out at £35m, but it expects to earn £200m from the first batch of orders.
		Alvis will build the hulls for the vehicle at its Telford plant, protecting 500 jobs in the process.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/11/06/cnalv06.html (374 words)

	CAAT Publications - Alvis PLC 2002
		Alvis reported that 'the latest Supacat Mark 3's' had been delivered to a Far East country (www.alvis.plc.uk, November 2001).
		Alvis claims to have gained 'experience in through-life management' of vehicle fleets through its management of 254 Desert Warriors in Kuwait (www.alvis.plc.uk).
		Alvis is one of the four members of ARTEC, the joint venture company set up with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmBH, Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmBH and Stork PWV BV, to develop the Multi Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV, or 'battlefield taxi') for the German, Netherlands and UK armed forces (www.alvis.plc.uk/news/).
	www.caat.org.uk /publications/companies/Alvis2002.php (1513 words)

	Army Technology - Alvis Hägglunds - Armoured Fighting Vehicles, All-Terrain Vehicles and Weapon Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Alvis Hägglunds is a Swedish manufacturer of light and medium sized special purpose vehicle systems to military customers.
		Since 1997 Alvis Hägglunds has been fully owned by Alvis plc, which is quoted on the London Stock Exchange.
		Alvis Hägglunds is a leading developer and supplier of various turret systems designed for our advanced combat vehicles.
	www.army-technology.com /contractors/armoured/hagglunds2/index.html (917 words)

	ALVIS
		Alvis quickly became noted as a producer of innovative and high quality cars and went on to become one of the prestige names in the British automobile industry.
		Alvis started manufacturing armored vehicles before World War II and afterwards became one of the leading names in the world, supplying light armored fighting vehicles.
		Alvis' independence came to an end in 1965 when the company was taken over by Rover, and in turn became part of the British Leyland empire a couple of years later.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /british_marque/profiles/Alvis.htm (633 words)

	BAESYSTEMS.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Alvis Shareholders (other than certain overseas Shareholders) who validly accept the Offer will be entitled to elect to receive Loan Notes to be issued by BAE SYSTEMS instead of some or all of the cash consideration to which they would otherwise be entitled pursuant to the Offer.
		Alvis is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of armoured vehicles with an installed base of around 30,000 vehicles.
		Alvis is a UK based company, headquartered in London, with interests in armoured fighting vehicles and other specialist vehicles for military application.
	www.baesystems.com /newsroom/2004/jun/030604news1.htm (5934 words)

	Cohort plc / Board of directors
		He was appointed marketing director in 1985, with overall responsibility for the order intake of the Alvis Group worldwide, and became chief executive in 1989.
		Alvis developed into one of the world's leading contractors in the specialist field of armoured vehicles before being acquired by BAE Systems in 2004.
		Nick was appointed chairman of Alvis in 1996.
	www.cohortplc.com /cohort/aboutus/management/bod (827 words)

	Vickers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Vickers was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1999 for £576m ($1.03Bn.) The marine propulsion portfolio of Vickers made it particularly suited to Rolls-Royce, transforming the group into the global leader in marine power systems.
		BAE already owned almost twenty-nine percent of Alvis Vickers, and its last minute bid was seen as an attempt to prevent a strong rival from gaining a significant foothold in its home market.
		The role of Vickers Armstrong in the Chaco War is parodied as Viking Arms Co. Limited in Tintin's comic-book The Broken Ear.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/vickers (419 words)

	The Office of Fair Trading: Completed acquisition by BAE Systems plc of a 28.95% stake in Alvis plc
		Alvis plc (Alvis) designs and manufactures defence and other specialised vehicles and systems for military applications.
		In 2002 Alvis acquired Vickers Defence Systems. In the year to 31 December 2002 Alvis had a UK turnover of £46 million.
		In 1998 Alvis acquired GKN's armoured vehicles division as a result of which GKN took a 28.95 per cent shareholding in Alvis. BAE SYSTEMS have now acquired this shareholding. The transaction completed on 2 September 2003.
	www.oft.gov.uk /advice_and_resources/resource_base/Mergers_home/decisions/2003/bae (326 words)

	Army Guide - ALVIS PLC
		The Alvis group of companies, comprising Alvis plc (London, UK), Alvis Vickers Ltd (UK), Alvis Bridging Limited (UK), Alvis Hagglunds AB (Sweden), Alvis Moelv AS (Norway), Alvis OMC and Alvis Gear Ratio (South Africa), is one of the world's leading manufacturers of armoured vehicles.
		Alvis supplies 93 per cent of the British Army's and 80 per cent of the Swedish Army's armoured vehicles, and has other customers in 75 countries.
		Alvis products are in service all over the world and are extensively engaged in United Nations and NATO peace-support and defence operations.
	www.army-guide.com /eng/firm3.html (254 words)

	General-Dynamics-Alvis, 1st Writethru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Regulatory approval is required but the companies hope to conclude the deal in the second half of this year.
		Alvis supplies over 90 per cent of the British army's armored vehicles, including the Challenger 2, its main battle tank.
		Alvis employs about 2,800 people and exports to more than 60 countries.
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/technology/040311/z031140A.html (237 words)

	Recommended cash offer for Alvis plc by Goldman Sachs International on behalf of BAE SYSTEMS plc and (in the US) by BAE ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Board of Alvis, who has been so advised by Lazard & Co., Limited (“Lazard”), considers the terms of the Offer to be fair and reasonable so far as Alvis Shareholders taken as a whole are concerned and intends to recommend that Alvis Shareholders accept the Offer.
		Alvis is a highly successful business with a major presence in the European land sector.
		Lazard is acting for Alvis and no one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Alvis for providing the protections afforded to clients of Lazard nor for providing advice in connection with the Offer, the contents of this announcement or any transaction or arrangement referred to herein.
	ir.baesystems.com /bae/news_presentations/news/2004/2004-06-03 (1003 words)

	Alvis PLC
		According to Professor Parker, “We created these reports in response to two inescapable trends: a return to fundamentals and globalization.” The goal of these reports is to assist consultants, financial managers, strategic planners, and corporate officers in gauging indicators of Alvis PLC’s human resource and financial structure.
		On the liability side, does Alvis PLC typically have a higher percent of payables compared to the benchmarks, or does it hold a higher concentration of long-term debt?
		For each part of the financial statement, the larger structural differences and gaps between Alvis PLC and the global benchmarks are provided with summary tables of ranks and percentiles.
	www.icongrouponline.com /pr/Alvis_PLC_GB/PR.html (730 words)

	Alvis PLC - specialist vehicle manufacturer - Armed Forces - Defence Suppliers Directory
		Alvis plc is a UK based company with interests in armoured fighting vehicles and other specialist vehicles for military application.
		The Alvis Group has a global reach, having major manufacturing facilities in Scandinavia and South Africa as well as the UK, and having exported military vehicles to more than 60 countries.
		The strategic aim of Alvis is to achieve above average returns to shareholders through profitable growth in the market for military vehicles and related products.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /companies/raq3f60959c04ac1 (139 words)

	GKN Plc
		GKN has agreed the sale of its entire 29% stake in Alvis plc to BAE Systems plc for £73 million in cash.
		Alvis is one of the world’s leading companies in armoured vehicles and other specialist vehicles and BAE Systems a world leading defence prime contractor.
		GKN acquired its stake in Alvis in 1998, as a result of the merger between GKN Defence and Alvis.
	www.gknplc.com /news/NewsItem.asp?LastPage=NewsHome&NewsID=209 (141 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.K.
		Alvis shares have increased 84 percent in the past 12 months.
		``Alvis is a highly successful business with a major presence in the European land sector,'' BAE Systems Chief Executive Mike Turner, 55, said in a statement yesterday.
		``We note the value placed on'' Alvis shares ``by BAE and hope they do not intend to recoup the difference between the previous bid by General Dynamics, which could mean job losses,'' said John Wall, national secretary for aerospace at the Amicus labor union, in an e-mailed statement.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=a.aVzLUYeyIQ&refer=uk (554 words)

	CAAT Publications - Alvis
		Alvis is dedicated to the production of armoured vehicles and tanks and has a long history of providing vehicles for both UK and overseas armed forces.
		Brunei confirmed the selection of Alvis for the upgrade of its Scorpion vehicles in June 2002.
		Alvis has a long-standing relationship with the Indonesian military, having sold 15 Saracen armoured personnel carriers to the Indonesian Army in 1955, 30 Ferret armoured cars in 1958, 15 Saladin armoured cars in 1960
	www.caat.org.uk /publications/companies/alvis.php (550 words)

	Cold war dinosaurs or high-tech arms providers? The West European land armaments industry at the turn of the millenium.
		As GKN and Alvis increasingly had been the two key candidates in many of the most recent armored vehicles contests, the merger meant that marketing and export efforts of the two companies could be pooled.
		Alvis, on the other hand, had a good existing order book with secured production for several of its own models as well as of those of its Swedish subsidiary, Hägglunds, but lacked long term stability as it was on the losing consortium in the competition for the MRAV program.
		Alvis is presently a key contender for many of the outstanding armored vehicle contracts in the international market and stands out as one of the European land armaments companies with the best looking future.
	www.iss-eu.org /occasion/occ23.html (11766 words)

	Northrop Grumman to Acquire Alvis Plc's Hazardous Duty Mobile Robot Subsidiary - Robotics Online
		RIA is part of the Automation Technologies Council, an umbrella group serving automation companies involved in robotics, machine vision, motion control and related technologies.
		Alvis Logistics, a subsidiary of Alvis Plc, manufactures the Wheelbarrow product line of remotely controlled bomb disposal robots, which complements Northrop Grumman's expertise in this market provided by its REMOTEC Inc. subsidiary.
		The acquisition includes Alvis Plc's 50 percent holding in Alvis De-Mil Systems Ltd., which makes water-jet cutters used to demilitarize high explosive bombs and munitions.
	www.roboticsonline.com /public/articles/archivedetails.cfm?id=125 (507 words)

	Indonesian Investments - Corruption Risks
		Recently a failed libel action brought by British arms manufacturer Alvis PLC (allegedly with British Government support) against the British newspaper The Guardian to try and stop the newspaper from publishing a story showed just how bad corruption is in Indonesia, even when major corporations are involved in contracts which the Indonesian Government themselves initiated.
		Alvis PLC lost the libel action and The Guardian revealed a shocking story regarding the sale of Scorpion tanks to Indonesia which shows just how endemic corruption is in there and how nasty it gets;
		Lastly, Alvis did not make as much money as they thought they would as they ended up having to pay to get their money out of Indonesia.
	www.balibs.org /indonesian-investments-corruption-risks.html (938 words)

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