VDO UNIT AND THOMSON-CSF IN JOINT VENTURE
<VDO Luftfahrtgeraete Werk Adolf
Schindling GmbH>, 75 pct owned by autoparts maker <VDO Adolf
Schindling AG>, said it set up a joint venture with Thomson-CSF
<TCSF.PA> of France to produce liquid crystal displays.
    It said in a statment that it held 20 pct of the new
company called Eurodisplay and Thomson-CSF the remaining 80
pct. Thomson owns the remaining 25 pct of VDO Luftfahrtgeraete.
    The two companies have also agreed to pool their research
on development, construction and assembly of the systems, for
use in vehicles and aircraft, with General Electric Company
<GEN> of the U.S.
 Reuter
