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This thread which is on a very specialized topic has 9K views!! I am suree 8888 of the views are from ISD, MINDEATH Army Intelligence, and various govt security agencies want to track us down. LOL.
I heard recently from someone in the know that IBD used singapore taxpayer money to sweeten the deal for RM to buy them. Got a slightly higher price from RM then they would have gotten.
The story is that IBD was already planning to sell the company, with the likely match being RM. To make their order books look bigger and hence more profitable to potential buyers, they persuaded MINDEATH/DSTA to buy even more Leopard 2 tanks. This time, between 2016 and 2017, MINDEATH took delivery of 25 Leo 2s, on top of the 161 that they already have!! For fucks sake that we need so many 70 ton tanks, I don't know. At least 140 of these tanks have been modified to SG standard, which is where IBD gets its contracts to supply the AMAPS for them. The AMAPS work was actually winding down already, and I guess IBD had to bribe someone in MINDEATH or the PAP to order another 25 more fucking tanks, so that IBD can get the contract work for the AMAPS upgrades. Since these tanks were brought into singapore in 2017, the order book for AMAPS work on them was showing when RM did their due diligence. So, it makes their business looks good. IBD also told RM if you buy us, and give us a decent price, we can also influence the SAF to order the RM ADS system for active protection, and have this retrofitted to all the 100 plus tanks in the SAF. The SAF first choice would have been the Trophy APS from Israel's Rafael. A proven system. So, in the end, sinkie taxpayer shell out hundreds of millions $ so that RM and IBD get business, and RM is happy and buys IBD. IBD is happy because they sold a sinking business to RM. RM is happy because they got the contract for all the ADS kits for the SAF Leo 2. Diesenroth family is happy because RM was the last and final suitor and they sold to them. Sinkies are happy because we are buying more tanks, although foe what, and to defend against who, they don't know and don't ask.
Don't think you are right on all this. IBD showed losses 3 years running. Family was sick of burning money on idle workers. As you can see by the press releases RM bought them in an asset deal that explicitly excludes all SIngapore ties. RM bought the name thugh. All old Singi relastonships and ties are still in (IBD) which is now operated under an new name DT (Deisenroth Technology) Services, just google. If they had sold all to RM there would be no need to continiue the company. Business in SING has to come out of RM itself, but they are so busy in Australia and UK shelling Billions, Sing is just a smal fish and not priority. Old D could not sell ADS to PAP, MinDEF, DSTA, so there is no chance for RM to do so.
Hey, geting a little quiet on the IBD topic, any news...?! No Eurosatory, so no connect with all sources, Corona also limits all info flow. Anyone who knows anyting, please share.
That fucking bitch!! WHy didn't you just send and email out to everyone in the company, and have a big party at Weisses Haus for his birthday? Everyone just go dutch. There is sure to be some people who come. Oh wait, you guys are on lockdown in Lohmar too.As a reminder, on the weakend is was Disenroths birtheday. Monday has passed and noone inside HIS company remembered. He was anihilated from the memory of the industry for good. If anything he wanted not to happen, it was his name to not be remembered. HE wanted to build a legancy way beyond his death. His legal wife just took his money and never had any intention to honnor the man who made her life happen. TRUE LOVE
I (we) will always remember this great man, who for all his flaws build an empire and was a leading head in saving soliders lives.
If only he was granted a goodbaye, not even this was given to him by his family.
What? When did EODH move to Lakkoma? I thought the office was in Thessaloniki? anyway, the greek army is not as well funded as the Turks. Old Man diesenroth should have not opened offices in all these countries with low military budgets. Like Canada too.Looks like old DIsenroth is still alive anyway...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/def...ils_hoplite_multipurpose_armored_vehicle.html
Who is still using a photo processing shop? everything is digital now. Digital picture taking technology is so good now and can instantly share with many offices. Rheinmetall should have been laughing at IBD if they are still using a fotoshop.It has become real quiet in the forum. As to some who it may concern, a little inside into Lohmar, the place Disenroth called his kingdom while alive. Some small companies were real dependent on the connection to the kingdom.
As of fresh information, fotoimage the in town fotoshop that had an exclusive monopoly to processing IBDs vast collection of test pictures, got the boot from Rhinemetal and as consequence will end business end of the year. The dominos are starting to fall... to be continued.
Really? I don't think they have a choice. Otherwise, Where can they consolidate it? Certainly not at RM Chempro in Bonn. Its not a suitable area, and rents housing in Bonn are very expensive. U asking people from all 3 divisions to move to Bonn is not practical, plus they don't have the facilities. And you can't do it at Krefeld either. Verseidag has a big factory there, it seems like maybe RM wants to hold it in reserve as a production plant when sales of the AMAPS-ADS picks up?And u can't close down Bonn, Lohmar and Krefeld and bring everyone to Dusseldorf. So, I guess that leaves Lohmar. And Armin has bigger problems then worrying about how to enrich the remaining family members of old man Diesenroth. The main problem is they have no sales now for AMAP-ADS. Other then conning the stupid SAF to buy it, no one is touching their product. Trophy is still the leader in this field. If AMAP ADS sales were booming, they can keep all the facilities open.Some trouble in paradise. Big Blue is consolidating their protection division. Since they now own three companies who do the same basically. Since Papperger consolidated all in a center of excellence, three have to become one. Advantage IBD since they own their shooting range in Lohmar. Strategic advantage. Most of ADS people in Bonn have been there before, IBDs just stay put but Krefeld has to let all their people go or move to Lohmar. Anyway RM does not own premise so they still pay heavy rent to old widow Deisenroth. A nice side deal facilitated by Papperger to shed over more money to Deisenroth family without telling his board.