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Rationalization would deprive IL of labour force

11th October 1974
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TOTAL RATIONALIZATION would deprive British Leyland of a large proportion of a much needed skilled labour force, Ron Ellis, chairman of the British Leyland truck and bus division, told CM at a Guy Motors diamond jubilee function at Wolverhampton on Tuesday.

Guy Motors were of top importance to British Leyland because of the versatility of the company in catering for the individual needs of operators with regard to power units and other major components, he said. The cost of iron castings in this country was increasing at such an alarming rate that in due course it might be more economic to produce engines of ,fabricated sheet steel.

In answer to a question regarding the future of aluminium construction, Mr Ellis said that the complexity of decision making was such that to forecast the future of aluminium against steel and plastics over the next five years was impossible.

Product identity, Mr Ellis claimed, determined the use of the most appropriate type of vehicle for regular deliveries to supermarkets and so on; the Transport Development Group was the first in the field in employing the right vehicle for each distribution job, with normal deliveries often based on arrival at 7am.

Speaking as a governor of Manchester University, Mr Ellis said that there were 1,000 vacancies in engineering and no vacancies in other courses. Transport was, he maintained, the last bastion in individual enterprise, and the industry needed all the young people it could get.

Unfortunately, the frequency of strikes was sometimes a deterrent to youngsters to training in the industry.

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Organisations: Manchester University
People: Ron Ellis
Locations: Wolverhampton

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