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Appleseed MegaDork
5/14/23 4:59 p.m.

General Electric.

General Electric

M2Pilot Dork
5/14/23 5:17 p.m.

Has anyone mentioned Tata yet? Land Rovers, cheap cars, tractors, military vehicles, ships ,aircraft,appliances,specialty chemicals,telecom networks, maybe some other stuff, and they own the Taj Mahal.

Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/14/23 5:20 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

GE never made a handheld version, they needed a fair amount of electric or hydraulic power to rotate. That and the recoil

Appleseed MegaDork
5/14/23 5:47 p.m.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

GE made this mother, too.

JFW75 New Reader
5/14/23 6:28 p.m.

Playtex made everything from tampons, and bras to space suits.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/what-did-playtex-have-to-do-with-neil-armstrong-16588944/

cabbagecop Reader
5/14/23 6:55 p.m.

ShawnG said:
The staff at HD bought the company after AMF had run it into the ground.

That's what saved them and kept them building 40 year old motorcycles.

I own a couple Moto Guzzis, I'm very familiar with motorcycle companies with terrible management. Lol

The EVO engine development was started under AMF prior to the buyback and that engine helped turn the company around. But my biggest point is there would not have been a Harley Davidson company for the employees to buy if AMF hadn't purchased them.

I also own 4 Guzzis ranging from 1967 to 2017. They've been going out of business since 1921 lol.