Aveling-Barford

Aveling-Barford
Company typePrivate company
IndustryHeavy machinery, construction equipment
PredecessorAveling & Porter, Barford & Perkins
Founded13 February 1934
FounderRuston & Hornsby
Defunct1988
FateSold in 1988 to Wordsworth Holdings
SuccessorWordsworth Holdings (Barfords)
HeadquartersInvicta Works, Grantham
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsOff-road dump trucks, dumpers
OwnerRuston & Hornsby (1934–67)
British Leyland (1967–88)
Number of employees
c.2,000
SubsidiariesBarford Developments, Barford (Agricultural)

Aveling-Barford was a large engineering company making road rollers, motorgraders, front loaders, site dumpers, dump trucks and articulated dump trucks in Grantham, England. In its time, it was an internationally known company.