1971 Parcbond, a private company, agreed to acquire Keland Ltd[1].
1971 Burnholme and Forder acquired Parcbond
1976 The Motor Rail company was put into receivership together with its subsidiary Keland Ltd of Blaydon on Tyne; a new company Keland Electrics was established by the National Enterprise Board to acquire the manufacturing and certain other assets of Keland[2]