Clifford Corporation
Australian company
Clifford Corporation was a listed Australian company that purchased several bus manufacturing businesses in the mid-1990s before collapsing in November 1998.
History
In August 1995 Clifford Corporation purchased the Ansair bus bodybuilding business from Ansett Transport Industries. That was followed by the Austral Pacific Group, which comprised the Austral Denning and PMC Australia businesses.
The business collapsed in November 1998 with several of the company's office holders prosecuted.
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