The Siemens factory, formerly Plessey, at Sopers Lane, Poole, has been designing and manufacturing telecommunications and electronic equipment for 50 years. And among the thousands of seriously ...

According to the MoD, Siemens Plessey Systems - the defence division of Siemens - failed to deliver the land-based early warning communications system, code-named Vixen, on time.

The market is quite confident time that GEC and Siemens will be allowed to renew their joint bid and will improve upon their original offer of 225p cash for each Plessey share.

On Sept. 8, General Electric Co. of Great Britain – no relation to the U.S. company – and Siemens AG of West Germany succeeded in their 10-month, $3.08 billion battle for Plessey.