To quote Garvin .. "I also wonder what Diana made of Milbro, which apparently had little of the German company's drive to be the best that it could be, despite the British company having something of a head start in the 1950s. Then again, perhaps having to start from scratch with new machinery helped Diana quickly overtake Milbro, with its old-tech pre-War machinery and designs! It's hard to imagine Milbro having come up with the technological wizardry that made the recoilless Diana 60 such a magnificent piece of machinery, for example! " ...unquote
Spot on with that observation Danny, regarding M&G having to start again with new machinery.That is exactly what happened in Japan with the motorcycle industry.Whilst British makers churned out the same old models they were making before the war, the Japanese had to start from scratch after the nuclear devastation. Honda installed the latest machinery and automated assembly lines and we all know how that turned out for the UK motorcycle industry.
Pete.