	thomson takes over thorn emi audiovisual thomson grand public the subsidiary of thomson sa thmp pa has taken over the audiovisual consumer goods division of british group thorn emi thomson grand public chairman pierre garcin said the cost of the deal signed late yesterday is around mln stg and thomson will finance mln of this from its equity thorn emi is a leader in the british audiovisual market with a turnover last year of mln stg garcin said the new uisition would substantially increase thomson s turnover in the sector reuter 
