Aquarius Robotron Systems GmbH, the personal computer manufacturing successor to part of the old East German VEB Kombinat Robotron, announced a joint venture with ICL Plc. ICL says it is not prepared to talk about the venture until tomorrow, but suggests that Erfurt, Germany-based Robotron’s claims to manufacture 300,000 personal computers a year: it says that 300,000 is the capacity, but that it is thought to be doing about half that at present. It employs 300 people and looks for sales of $250m this year. The east German state of Thuringia holds 49% of Robotron, Reuters notes.
