AEC, BMC trucks Belgian-built
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• The AEC Mandator, BMC Laird and BMC Mastiff will be the first three British Leyland trucks to be assembled in a new factory at Malines, Belgium, whose development (CM December 19) was confirmed this week by Mr. George Turnbull, British Leyland's deputy managing director. A new Belgian company has been formed to assemble a range of trucks and buses in the Lim factory.
By October production capacity is ex pected to be 1,200 vehicles a year, rising to 2,000 units when stage two is completed. AEC Mammoth Major and BMC FG 550 trucks will follow the first three models in production; a bus for city and inter-city work will be built using Leyland Panther parts and a locally made frame.