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HE creation of a bus division of the Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. forms important part of a reorganization anaced by the Corporation this week.
Ir. John McHugh has been appointed :ral manager of the new division and will esponsible for the design and engineering ill new p.s.v. produced by the group. over-riding responsibility for market arch and general sales activities. He is a :tor of Leyland Motors Ltd. and has appointed a director of the group's ..:hbuilding subsidiary, Park Royal
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'o take Mr. McHugh's place on the truck of LMC, Mr. Robert A. Fryars, chief ineer of AEC Ltd., has been appointed f engineer of the Corporation's truck sion, with overall responsibility for the gn and engineering of all goods vehicles timed by the group. Mr. Fryars has been ointed a director of Leyland Motors . Both Mr. McHugh and Mr. Fryars will based at the group engineering division .eyland.
'hese developments might, at first, seem hreaten the future of AEC as a separate ty. Indeed, any such fears might be ked up by the knowledge that a group mlinator of manufacture has been ointed with duties to include "the rationation of design and production, the aping of knowledge, experience and ex.ise, to advise on the location of manuure ." and so on. He is Mr. George A. ner, chairman of Alford and Alder gineers) Ltd., a Leyland subsidiary and All be directly responsible to Sir Donald kes, group managing director.
Ihilst Leyland spokesmen have admitted that above changes, which took effect from 1, are for complete rationalization of produc, and that the group design team at Leyland have the ultimate "say" in what is done in of new design development, I am assured AEC Ltd. will still have its part to play within Corporation. One Leyland spokesman pointed that it was the Leyland group's policy to in the identity of acquired concerns, and ited as examples to Albion and Scammell. a answer to the question "would AEC still n a position to develop new designs?" I was that a design team would be retained at all the Corporation's establishments. What if 7. came up with a new design? This, I was ired, would be considered by the group ineering division at Leyland.
n fact, what it boils down to is that the market s the tune. So long as there is a demand for a the AEC Swift and the Leyland Panther, quote two Corporation chassis of similar nit, for example, both will continue in produc. The future of any member company's Alas lies with the customer. F.K.M.
tingham Surplus: Nottingham Corporation isport had a surplus of £145,067 in the year rig March 31 last. Aid. Sir Sidney Hill, who been re-elected chairman of the transport mittee, said the money would be used to buy buses. Aid. W. Gr. E. Dyer was re-elected chairman.
a for Bolton: Bolton Corporation Transport led fewer passengers in the year ended on March last-72.822,639 (against 77,159,036 in 1965) net surplus for the year was £18,770 (£26,638).