The phrase "a former division" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a division or section that previously existed but is no longer in operation or has been restructured.
Example: "The company has undergone significant changes, including the closure of a former division that focused on consumer electronics."
Alternatives: "an earlier division" or "a previous division".
Tibco, a former division of Reuters, is a software company we still like.
A former division of Chrysler that was spun off in 1997, Dollar Thrifty was nearly forced into insolvency in 2008.
Mark Kurland, a senior executive at New Castle Funds, a former division of Bear Stearns Asset Management, who worked with Ms. Chiesi, has also not been indicted.
His father, a retired mechanical engineer, was the vice president for engineering at Fafnir Bearing in New Britain, Conn., a former division of Ingersoll-Rand.
Mr. Ireland, a former division president at the Nashua Corporation, a maker of specialty paper and printing products, is also looking for work; his position was eliminated recently.
His father, who is retired, worked in Anderson, Ind., as the executive in charge of heavy duty systems for Delco Remy, a former division of General Motors.
And, in an era where Britain boasts an unsightly sub-culture of paper 'world' champions, Haye stands in an exclusive club as a genuine former division number one.
About a year later, my former division commander in Iraq, Gen. Martin Dempsey, warned of the complicated nature of Syria in a letter to Rep. Eliot Engel, who was taking John McCain's position.
In the transition from communism to capitalism, he ended up at the helm of his former division, now a privatized company.
Nexteer, founded in 1906, operated for 90 years as the Saginaw Steering division of G.M. The automaker took ownership of Nexteer from the Delphi Corporation in 2009, when Delphi, a former parts division of G.M., emerged from a lengthy bankruptcy reorganization.
Detroit Diesel, a former General Motors division, was sold to Roger Penske, the former race-car driver, in 1988.
