OTish: Pinzgauer UK factory to close

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Ian Rawlings - 24 Jan 2008 09:53 GMT

BAe are shutting down the factories in Guildford and Farehem where
what they call the Pinzgauer 1 (really the second generation) is made,
retaining only 25 staff in Britain and New Zealand. The new Pinzgauer
2 will be manufactured in South Africa where there is apparently spare
capacity.

Annoying that the brits bought it from the Austrians, started
manufacturing in the UK, then sold it to the yanks who continued to
build it in the UK, they then sell it back to the brits who promptly
close down the factories and build them in South Africa. Presumably
people can be paid a lot less over there.

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SpamTrapSeeSig - 24 Jan 2008 10:42 GMT

>BAe are shutting down the factories in Guildford and Farehem where
>what they call the Pinzgauer 1 (really the second generation) is made,
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>close down the factories and build them in South Africa. Presumably
>people can be paid a lot less over there.

Was that the old Dennis (fire engines) plant in Guildford?

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William Black - 24 Jan 2008 10:51 GMT

> BAe are shutting down the factories in Guildford and Farehem where
> what they call the Pinzgauer 1 (really the second generation) is made,
> retaining only 25 staff in Britain and New Zealand. The new Pinzgauer
> 2 will be manufactured in South Africa where there is apparently spare
> capacity.

This sounds a bit odd.

The Pinz was being touted as the LR replacement when the 'Wolf' series falls
to bits as the LR, and any foreseeable development, is said to be unable to
be modified to carry what is now being described as 'a useful load'.

I honestly can't see the UK military buying a TKD kit from a foreign source
for its primary light vehicle.

It doesn't give them the flexibility they tend to insist on from such a
vehicle.

Unless there's something we're not being told, either about the replacement
vehicle or the UK light vehicle requirement, or, just possibly,
developments round at Lode Lane...

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Nige - 24 Jan 2008 15:23 GMT

> BAe are shutting down the factories in Guildford and Farehem where
> what they call the Pinzgauer 1 (really the second generation) is made,
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> close down the factories and build them in South Africa. Presumably
> people can be paid a lot less over there.

I saw two of them on the M1 the other day, fair flying too.

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EMB - 24 Jan 2008 21:40 GMT

> BAe are shutting down the factories in Guildford and Farehem where
> what they call the Pinzgauer 1 (really the second generation) is made,
> retaining only 25 staff in Britain and New Zealand.

They need at least 25 staff here in NZ - the Pinz's the army bought have
been nowt but a pile of trouble.

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