Unfortunately, when Wyn died 1968 the company was sold to a consortium headed by a bank.

In 1995, Shepperton Studios was purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds.

Founded by Tim Berners-Lee at MIT and currently headed by him, the consortium is made up of member organizations which maintain full-time staff for the purpose of working together in the development of standards for the World Wide Web.

The European Space Agency ( ESA ) in June 1974 named a consortium headed by ERNO-VFW-Fokker GmbH to build pressurized modules for Spacelab.

Esposito eventually recruited a consortium of Japanese businesses headed by Kokusai Green, a golf course and resort operator.

The purchase of Shepperton Studios from a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott gave rise to The Pinewood Studios Group with both UK and international interests including Shepperton Studios, Teddington Studios, Pinewood Toronto Studios, Pinewood Indomina Studios, Pinewood Studio Berlin and Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios, combining three studios steeped in heritage and prestige as well as new and modern state-of-the-art purpose built facilities.

In May 2007, the company behind the movies was sold again, this time to a group headed by Big Brother backers, the Dutch consortium Cyrte Investments, who have announced plans to spend some $ 50m (£ 25m ) on new horror films.

The European Space Agency ESA in June 1974 named a consortium headed by ERNO-VFW Fokker ( Zentralgesellschaft VFW-Fokker GmbH ) to build pressurized modules for Spacelab.

The European Space Agency ESA in June 1974 named a consortium headed by ERNO-VFW Fokker ( Zentralgesellschaft VFW-Fokker GmbH ) to build pressurized modules for Spacelab.

The consortium was headed by ex-Rover Chief Executive John Towers.

Sir Richard Pease headed a local consortium that included film producer Sydney Box and News Chronicle executives George and Alfred Black.

In 2007, Automaker Ford admitted that it had to exclude from the list of potential bidders " Walter Mitty " types who had dreams but no experience, prior to the sale of their Aston Martin British GT car brand to a consortium of business interests from America and the Middle East, headed by Prodrive founder and world rally championship owner David Richards.

However, the consortium that won the contract, headed by Samuel Cunard, ran into trouble almost immediately and Allan reacted by building more ships on the Clyde using superior technology ( notably the Canadian and the Indian ).

Another application came from a consortium headed by Opportunity Knocks television presenter Hughie Green, who had openly voiced the need for commercial broadcasting, having previously worked for Radio Luxembourg.

Negotiations for a privately run settlement were also started with a consortium of four gentlemen headed by Potter McQueen, a member of Parliament who had already acquired a large tract of land in New South Wales.

In 1996 Desmond backed a consortium headed by Fran Rooney to purchase Baltimore Technologies for £ 300, 000.

After the sale of Eircell, Eircom itself was believed to be undervalued and became the subject of a bidding war between two consortia: the E-Island consortium headed by Denis O ' Brien, and the Valentia Consortium headed by Tony O ' Reilly, the chairman of Independent News and Media.

Supporters were angered, sanctions were threatened by the Football League, and a rival consortium headed by ex-player Mel Nurse sought to buy out the new owners.

The mine is owned 57. 5 % by BHP Billiton, 30 % by Rio Tinto, 10 % by JECO, a Japanese consortium headed by Mitsubishi and 2. 5 % by JECO 2, a consortium with the same owners but different shares.

His appointment was made after businessman Tony Evans headed a consortium proposing taking over the club.

In 1992, Westpac Bank bought Ten out of receivership and later sold the network to a consortium headed by Canadian group CanWest.

On 19 August, Portsmouth announced on their website that a rival consortium headed by current CEO Peter Storrie had also made a bid for the club ; unknown at the time, this was backed by Ali Al-Faraj.

The Ankaray was constructed by a consortium headed by Siemens during a period of four years ( 1992-1996 ).

In 1972, the company was sold to another company called Company Developments Ltd., backed by a Birmingham-based consortium, and chaired by chartered accountant and company director William Willson, MBE.

On 12 March 2007, a consortium led by Prodrive chairman David Richards purchased Aston Martin for £ 475m ( US $ 848m ).

On September 19, 1974, however, the consortium was shaken by the kidnapping of siblings Jorge and Juan Born by the far-left terrorist group, Montoneros.

" Similar charges were made by the Global Climate Coalition ( GCC ), a consortium of industry interests.

On 27 November 2007 Cessna announced the new Cessna 162 would be made in the People's Republic of China by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, which is a subsidiary of China Aviation Industry Corporation I ( AVIC I ), a Chinese government-owned consortium of aircraft manufacturers.

On the 15 February 2001, the Human Genome Project consortium published the first Human Genome in the journal Nature, and was followed, one day later, by a Celera publication in Science.

Development of the area started in 1961, and was financed by a consortium of companies led by Prince Karim Aga Khan.

Bus service across the bridge is provided by the Dumbarton Express, run by a consortium of local transit agencies ( SamTrans, AC Transit, VTA and others ) which connects to BART at Union City and Caltrain at Palo Alto and California Avenue.

Dartmouth serves as the host institution of the University Press of New England, a university press founded in 1970 that is supported by a consortium of schools that also includes Brandeis University, the University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, Tufts University and the University of Vermont.

In 1982, Construction activities were transferred from the Seabees to a consortium of civilian contractors, and the majority of the projects were completed by 1988.

" Dublin " refers to Dublin, Ohio, where the work originated during the 1995 invitational OCLC / NCSA Metadata Workshop, hosted in by Online Computer Library Center ( OCLC ), a library consortium based there, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications ( NCSA ).

It was announced in September 1988 by a consortium of PC clone vendors ( the " Gang of Nine ") as a counter to IBM's use of its proprietary Micro Channel architecture ( MCA ) in its PS / 2 series.

AFISCO, an Indian consortium of seven companies, led by the Steel Authority of India Limited ( SAIL ), and Canada's Kilo Goldmines Ltd are expected to jointly invest $ 14. 6 billion in developing the Hajigak iron mine.

On the basis of the potential number of users, potential revenues for Galileo Operating Company or Concessionaire ( GOC ), international relevance, and level of innovation, a set of Priority Applications ( PA ) will be selected by the consortium and developed within the time-frame of the same project.

In an effort to limit German influence, in 1910-11, the US State Department backed a consortium of American investors, assembled by the National City Bank of New York, in acquiring control of the Banque Nationale d ' Haïti, the nation's only commercial bank and the government treasury.

BAA is owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium led by Ferrovial, which also includes Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and GIC Special Investments.

Its production is regulated by a quality consortium that recognizes qualifying products with distinctive mark.

CDE was an X11-based user environment jointly developed by HP, IBM, and Sun through the X / Open consortium, with an interface and productivity tools based on the Motif graphical widget toolkit.

Funding for this retrocomputing project was provided by Siemens and a consortium of five companies.