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Vosper Thornycroft are now involved in many areas of provison, ranging from military to education and health.
VosperThornycroft also envisaged a big market, and considered that a development programme would probably yield big returns.
Vosper Limited, as VT's parent company, agreed to the subsidising of the operation, and a joint operating company, Centrumsvavarna AB, was set up to operate VT1 002 and 003 between Malmo and Copenhagen, fitted out to carry passengers only.
Considerable importance was attached to the future of military hovercraft designs since the board recognised that, whereas Vosper had once enjoyed a significant technical lead, which almost amounted to a monopoly, in the design of the fast gas-turbine powered torpedo boats, there was much more competition in the patrol boat markets now being addressed.
Founded by a merger between Vosper and Thornycroft in 1966, its original business was shipbuilding.
The company was formed by the merger of two shipbuilding companies Vosper Limited of Portsmouth and J I Thornycroft of Woolston, Southampton in 1966.
VosperThornycroft has flourished even during lean times for warship building, mainly through successful sales efforts in exports and diversification outside of the core shipbuilding business into training and support.