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Leyland Trucks

Leyland Trucks Ltd., one of Britain’s leading manufacturing companies, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PACCAR Inc - PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. Leyland was acquired by PACCAR in 1998 and now designs , develops and manufactures medium duty trucks for DAF . These medium duty trucks have also been developed for the American market and are sold under the Kenworth and Peterbilt nameplates .

Over 100 Years of Truck Building Leyland has a long and distinguished history dating from 1896, when the Sumner and Spurrier families founded the Lancashire Steam Motor Company in the town of Leyland, in North West England. This company's original product - a 1.5-ton-capacity steam van - was the start of what was to become an unbeaten heritage of engineering and production excellence that relates directly to the Leyland Trucks of today.

Leyland Trucks Today Leyland Trucks operates from one of Europe's most advanced truck assembly facilities, the Leyland Assembly Plant in North West England. The company, employing 1,000 people, manufactures over 17,000 trucks per year of which approximately 40% is exported to all European Community markets and to other worldwide markets such as Australia, South Africa, Mexico and the USA. The Company's future development is focused on the use of leading edge applications of information technology in all aspects of truck design, manufacture, procurement and logistics.

The 710,000 square foot plant produces a complex range of vehicles on a single chassis line by employing advanced operating systems and facilities, which includes world leading robotic chassis painting on the moving conveyor. Recent investment includes a major redevelopment converting the high bay component warehouse into a world class parts distribution centre which has become the home of PACCAR Parts in the UK.

Directions to Leyland

DAF LF Range
	DAF LF ‘International Truck of the Year 2002’. Designed, developed and assembled at Leyland, the LF is a series of distribution trucks in the 6 to 21 tonnes GVW weight segments and complements the heavier models in the DAF range, the CF and XF. Click here for further detailed information on the DAF LF Range.

DAF CF Range
	DAF CF range, designed and developed by DAF in Eindhoven. All CF65 2 axle rigids, and all RHD versions of the CF75 and CF85 are assembled at Leyland. Click here for further detailed information on the DAF CF Range.

DAF XF Range
	DAF XF105 ‘International Truck of the Year 2007’ designed and developed by DAF in Eindhoven. RHD versions are assembled in Leyland. Click here for further detailed information on the DAF XF Range.

Leyland Trucks has an absolute commitment to quality and continuous improvement throughout all levels in the company. Leyland has won the PACCAR Chairman's Quality Award for 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005 - signifying that its vehicles meet the highest quality standards of those produced by any PACCAR plant world-wide. In addition, Leyland Trucks was recognised as Britain's Best Engineering Factory 2000 by Management Today in association with Cranfield School of Management and in partnership with Investors In People (IIP) and the Engineering Employers’ Federation (EEF). Leyland Trucks has now adopted Six Sigma measurement and process improvement methodology which sets the most demanding quality standards in the world.

Leyland Trucks is continually investing for the future, not only in new products and facilities but also in its employees. Training, Teamwork, Involvement, Empowerment and Innovation are the cornerstones of the Team Enterprise culture adopted by Leyland Trucks. In addition, Leyland Trucks is recognised as an "Investors in People" company which is a further demonstration of its ongoing commitment to employee development.


	Best Engineering Factory 2000
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