Biggest in the World
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Looking at the proposed Leyland-A.C.V. line-up
SOME of the implications of the pro posed Leyland A.C.V. merger, reported in last week's issue, can be gathered from a study of the two groups. As well as becoming the largest producers of heavy commercial vehicles in the world, the companies involved manufacture an exceptionally wide and comprehensive range of motor vehicles of all kinds, including private cars as well as lorries and buses.
Some idea of the array of commercial vehicles offered is given by the tables on this and the previous page. Many of the models listed are available in several alternative forms and the goods range extends from the Triumph Courier 5-cwt. van to Scammell and Thornycroft tractive units capable of hauling 100 tons or more. A considerable range of heavy duty dump-trucks is also produced by A.E.C., Scammell and Thornycroft.
In addition to A.E.C., Albion, Leyland, Scammell, Standard -Triumph a n d Thornycroft, all of which produce vehicles bearing their own names, the old-established Maudslay Motor Co., Ltd., are nowadays actively engaged in their works at Alcester on unit manufacture for A.E.C. and continue to be responsible for some development work on A.C.V. group vehicles. A.E.C. and Leyland engines are widely used for industrial purposes.
Park Royal and Charles H. Roe are prominent in the bus bodybuilding field, whilst the remaining group companies in Britain are all component manufacturers or give specialist service to the industry. Well known among them are West Yorkshire Foundries, Ltd., who produce castings for every major motor manufacturer in Britain; Self-Changing Gears, Ltd., whose epicyclic gearbox designs are widely used in city buses; Alford and Alder (Engineers), Ltd., front suspension and axle manufacturers, and Newton and Bennett, Ltd., suspension damper and clutch plate manufacturers.
As well as having major factories as far north as Glasgow and as far south as Basingstoke in Britain, the group has subsidiary or associated concerns with manufacturing plants in all continents.
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