Tanfield Group is the new company name of Comeleon. As I understand it, Comoleon was getting into trouble so TAN (paerent company?) took over. Since this has happened the share price has dropped by 0.25p each day for the last week or so (on average) and are now around the 3p mark with very little activity.

Does anyone know much about this company or previously held stock in Comeleon? There is virtually no info out there other than on the company website.

cheers

Mike

Meanwhile DeutscheBank AG, who only a fortnight ago announced a holding of nine million shares, now report having upped their stake by two-thirds to fifteen million. that's a twentieth of the company.

Deutshce now own more of this company than I do!!

Tanfield Group PLC
28 March 2007



Tanfield Group plc (the 'Company')

Holding in Company



The Company was informed today that Deutsche Bank AG has an interest in
15,004,388 ordinary shares in the Company which represents approximately 5.14%
of the issued share capital of the Company.


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Juzzle - Thanks for the reply. Whatever others may say this is a cracking business that has some great managment on board and is definetly going places. Have you read the Investec report on Tanfield .. bit old now, but very thought provoking when you examine valuations on the Upright business alone v. its global competitors. I will contue to add to my Tanfield holding as I believe a 3 / share target is realistic in the medium term probably with a main listing & greater institutional demand. Proably have to split the shares or issue more to fund USA operations. Also think there is more good news lurking within Norquip as GS market is very buoyant at present with demand for electric power, although devt. here may have taken a sensible backseat in view of Newton potential. Execution & supply chain seem to be the 2 biggest risks to consider.

got your e-mail but no idea what staying in the sandpit is meant to mean .... you do not have e-mail so this is only way to respond

mattjos - That (24 page) Investec report (January) is no longer linked to from the Tanfield website, but someone has stored a copy of it at
http://www.4shared.com/dir/2163366/60540eab/sharing.html


And the text content of Monday's annual results statement is all usefully condensed into one panel (in English) at this Italian finance sitelink:
http://www.intesatrade.it/intesa/News/DettaglioNotizieOggi&idNot=499481

(it is done with no paragraphing, but crams the whole news/statement into one storable reference package)

Another day another surge.. and still a fortnight to go to Big News Week ;o)

sp is powering ahead like one of TAN's electric vehicles! Makes me wish I'd put a little more into it. Oh me of little faith. If the sp ever pauses for breath I'll have to make sure I have more funds available, because TAN certainly seems a sound investment. Initially tipped off via this thread, so thanks to all contributors!

Notice a pair of blue scissorlifts behind Britney Spears in the Austin Powers Goldmember movie? Spotted by someone in another forum.

They are in view for 60 seconds (from 5:45 to 6:45) in this (7:16) clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ac6eMCLlpI

Asked Tanfield who say might be their UpRight brand but not sure.

Today's Sunday Telegraph

Charge up on Tanfield

Shares in Tanfield, the Aim-listed manufacturer of electric vehicles, have been defying gravity for the past few months. One year ago the stock was changing hands at 18p, now the shares are trading at 123p. But there is no sign that the momentum that has carried it this far is losing pace.

Tanfield is the oldest electric vehicle manufacturer in the world, with its origins as a top producer of milk floats. These days its technology is used to drive vans and it has contracts with the likes of TNT, CEVA Logistics, Starbucks, M&S, Sainsbury's and DHL.

The London congestion charge is helping to drive sales, as electric vehicles are exempt.

At the end of the month, it will launch a new electric Ford Transit van at a commercial vehicle motor show in Birmingham, which is likely to produce fresh interest. Other new models will bring the group into the chilled food market.

It is also one of the biggest manufacturers of aerial work platforms, which are increasingly replacing scaffolding thanks to assorted EU health and safety directives. They have only just started to target the US, the biggest market for these platforms.

Tanfield doubled profits last year to 5.4m and analysts keep upgrading their forecasts for future earnings. Even at these prices, the shares are still worth a look. Buy.

Telegraph readers always do as they are told. They enjoy being given orders.

;o)

Thanks for the heads up on this one - closed half my holding +@70 today :-)

DeutscheBank have upped their stake (again!)

Was 15,004,388 (5.14%) 28/3/07
Now 18,394,223 (6.30%) today

Why is Tanfield going down for the past 2 days?

easy ..... straightforward profit taking ..... support likely at about 110 (rising 25 dma) or about 100 (rising 50 dma)

Tanfield, interesting! Quite a few large buys yesterday at the bell. But down to-day on smallish volumes.

mm's manipulating the market

Meanwhile, across the channel..


The French state-run mail group La Poste plans to order 10,000 electric delivery vehicles in the next five years as part of a strategy to promote the battery-run car in France, the government announced Tuesday.

This week, La Poste is to invite manufacturers to submit bids to supply the first 500 vehicles for delivery in 2008.

"There has never been such a big order (for electric vehicles) in the world," said French Industry Minister Francois Loos in an interview with AFP, referring to the plans for 10,000 electric vehicles.

"This large-scale experiment will really launch the electric car in France, in a visible way for everyone, and will enable us to define the economic and technical conditions" needed for its deployment, he said.

The French post office has been testing eight electric vehicles in Paris and the city of Bordeaux since 2005 made by French group SVA, which is owned by defence group Dassault and specialist vehicle manufacturer Heulioz.

SVE and French transportation group Bollore as well as car manufacturers are expected to respond to the invitation to supply the vehicles.

La Poste already owns 60,000 vehicles, 30,000 push bikes, 25 aircraft and three trains.


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It sounds like they are talking about car-sized small delivery vans mainly - which is not (so far) Tanfield territory. But with Tanfield already involved with TNT, and DHL - two of the very biggest delivery firms - this news does confirm theat things are moving in the direction of electric delivery fleets.

but the odds will be every heavily weighted towards a French manufacturer, assuming there is one ..... that is French mentality

- or French-Japanese - Renault being a partner of Nissan who this week announced a major jv with NEC to hasten the development of new battery technology.