BL Commercial Vehicles
1978 BL formed a new group for its commercial vehicle interests - BL Commercial Vehicles (BLCV) under managing director David Abell. The following companies moved under this new umbrella:
- Leyland Vehicles Limited (trucks, tractors and buses)
- Alvis Limited (military vehicles)
- Coventry Climax (fork lift trucks and specialist engines)
- Self-Changing Gears Limited (heavy-duty transmissions)
1980 BL Commercial Vehicles employed 38,000[1]
BL Commercial Vehicles and the Land Rover Group later brought together as Land Rover-Leyland.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Feb 14, 1980