算唔算係英國巴士工業大新聞：Ashok Leyland takes Optare stake
http://www.busandcoach.com/newspage.aspx?id=4296&categoryid=0Indian bus and truck maker Ashok Leyland is to take a 26 per cent stake worth about £4,8million in Optare, as a part of long-term strategic co-operation between the two companies. The deal will help Ashok Leyland accelerate technology and new product development, and attack new markets.
Optare expects to improve its competitiveness in the UK and export markets through access to Ashok Leyland’s lower-cost supply chain, co-operation in new product development and improved management of its working capital. Ashok Leyland will nominate two members to the board of Optare.
The agreement, together with the issue of additional share warrants, will provide Optare with around £5.5million in cash. Optare will use these funds to support investment in its global bus development programme, to further reduce both the whole life costs of its products, and to reduce term debt by an additional £2million. Following completion of the agreed sale of Optare’s Rotherham site and this investment, the company’s term debt will reduce to less than £1.6million from £7.5million just 12 months ago.
Ashok Leyland is the market leader in buses in India and has been developing its bus business with purpose built bus-plants in Alwar in India and Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates, and a new range of city buses and inter-city coaches. With the agreement, Ashok Leyland will have access to Optare’s technology, including a modern range of mid-size and full-size city buses which will appeal to global markets.
Both Ashok Leyland and Optare have their roots in the former Leyland truck and bus business. Ashok Leyland is part of the Hinduja Group, which has wide-ranging business interests in sectors including automotive, information technology, property, energy and banking. Ashok Leyland is the flagship of the Hinduja Group and in 2009-10 its turnover was around £1.0billion. In 2009 Optare had a turnover of almost £80 million.
R Seshasayee, managing director of Ashok Leyland and executive vice chairman of Hinduja Automotive, says: “This strategic alliance is a critical part of our global bus programme, which is under development. In Optare, we have found a European manufacturing partner who shares our vision for state-of-art buses at affordable prices. Together, we will be able to offer future-ready products of high quality and design that are competitively priced to customers in almost all regions.”
“This new venture will deliver direct benefits to UK bus customers while propelling Optare on to the global stage,” says John Fickling, Optare’s non-executive chairman. “We will benefit from the tremendous opportunities offered by Ashok Leyland not only as an industry giant but as a leader in advanced technology.”
Jim Sumner, Optare’s chief executive officer, adds: “For the past year, we have focused on turning around our business. However, we have made no secret of our wish to find a long term strategic partner. Now with Ashok Leyland, I am confident of creating an organisation which will become a significant force in the global industry for many years to come.”
The agreement between Ashok Leyland and Optare will be the subject of a general meeting of Optare’s shareholders to be held in Leeds on 16 August.
另人興奮的消息...旋風利蘭再次成為半個英國品牌...optare又可以幫佢地更新產品...變相打入其他市場
[ 本帖最後由 S3N92 於 2010-7-29 21:15 編輯 ] 真係風水輪流轉!
當年MCW (Optare的前身) 收購Leyland失敗, 宜家Optare反比Leyland收購(should be 入股) 英國汽車業受金融風暴重創一蹶不振，看來印度車廠也是救亡的大水喉……
先有Tata收購Jaguar，現在又輪到「阿叔利蘭」收購Optare。 原帖由 blueblue 於 2010-7-30 16:28 發表 http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/images/common/back.gif
真係風水輪流轉!
當年MCW (Optare的前身) 收購Leyland失敗, 宜家Optare反比Leyland收購(should be 入股)
不過最興奮係兩間公司都由利蘭呢間公司起家
[ 本帖最後由 S3N92 於 2010-7-30 22:57 編輯 ] 原帖由 ML29 於 2010-7-30 17:14 發表 http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/images/common/back.gif
英國汽車業受金融風暴重創一蹶不振，看來印度車廠也是救亡的大水喉……
先有Tata收購Jaguar，現在又輪到「阿叔利蘭」收購Optare。
對optare都好..起碼可以進入印度呢個大市場 唔知漩風logo會唔會再次於大英出現.
雖然唔再係British Leyland,
但係十分期待 原帖由 cn2661_2d32 於 2010-7-30 15:18 發表 http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/images/common/back.gif
唔知漩風logo會唔會再次於大英出現.
雖然唔再係British Leyland,
但係十分期待
Unlikely. Considering Ashok Leyland only bought 26% of the stake, a large, but not a majority shareholding. 原帖由 NV58 於 2010-7-31 01:43 發表 http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/images/common/back.gif
Unlikely. Considering Ashok Leyland only bought 26% of the stake, a large, but not a majority shareholding.
dont know the % of other shareholders.. if each of the other shareholder has only less than 26%, it is already considered as the largest shareholder 原帖由 NV58 於 2010-7-31 01:43 發表 http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/images/common/back.gif
Unlikely. Considering Ashok Leyland only bought 26% of the stake, a large, but not a majority shareholding.
no matter it is or isn't the one to hold full control, but I bet there will be a lot of partnership between Optare and Ashok Leyland coming up 我反而想知呢兩間野既背景..
香港巴迷對Ashok Leyland既認知應該就係APD1，咁其實呢間阿叔利蘭係咪當年
Leyland 係印度既全資公司？定係英國leyland同某某印度公司(Hinduja Automotive???)
合作既企業？咁leyland被volvo收購左之後，當時呢間阿叔利蘭命運又如何？同埋
呢間野近年有冇咩新車？
Optare就好多人都知係收購左MCW之後既產物，雖然我印象Optare除左solo係MCW
既產物後代之外，基本上OPTARE既車同MCW都無大關係，咁點解又會話Optare都係
leyland既後代，當時企業發展上面有咩事出現過？
[ 本帖最後由 2A_DL13 於 2010-8-4 13:53 編輯 ]
頁:
[1]
2