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Leyland Trucks

Leyland Trucks is considering plans to shed a further 75 jobs at its trucks factory in Lancashire. 24-Mar-2009

Leyland Trucks is to shed a further 246 of the 1,000 jobs at its trucks factory in Farington, Lancashire, by February 2009. 17-Nov-2008

Leyland Trucks is to shed about 100 of the 1,500 jobs at its factory in Farington, Lancashire, by the end of the year. 31-Oct-2008

Leyland Trucks is to increase truck production at its Lancashire factory by 17% to 20,000 trucks a year next month, securing the future of the 1,200-strong workforce and creating "further job opportunities". 30-Aug-2007

Leyland is to increase output by 30% at its Lancashire truck plant this year, with the site becoming the production centre for parent company Paccar's DAF brand. 22-Jan-2001

Leyland Trucks is to increase commercial vehicle output by 25% this year, assembling 12,500 trucks at its plant near Preston. 28-Jun-2000

Leyland Trucks is creating 30 new jobs at its factory near Preston having won a contract to fit braking systems on Ministry of Defence vehicles. 25-Jun-1999

Leyland Trucks is cutting 64 temporary jobs at its Leyland factory, although it is expecting to create more jobs later this year when production of DAF trucks is transferred from Eindhoven. 12-Jan-1999

Leyland Trucks is to build up to 4,500 trucks a year for its sister company Daf of the Netherlands, creating about 300 extra jobs at its Lancashire plant. 02-Sep-1998

Paccar of the US has acquired Leyland Trucks for undisclosed terms, as part of its expansion into the European truck manufacturing sector. 29-Apr-1998

Leyland Trucks is launching a major new model into the UK, the 55 Series, which includes a new 18-tonne vehicle. 16-Apr-1996

Isuzu of Japan is to link up with Lex Service and Leyland Trucks to assemble light trucks in the UK, aiming for 5% of the market in five years. 13-Dec-1995



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