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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Manufacturing |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Leyland, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
Key people | Peter Ahrens (managing director) |
Products | Trucks |
Number of employees | 1,100 (2019) |
Parent | Paccar |
Website | leylandtrucksltd |
Leyland Trucks is a medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It can trace its origins back to the original Leyland Motors, which was founded in 1896, and subsequently evolved into British Leyland. After British Leyland became the Rover Group in 1986, the truck business was spun off and merged with DAF Trucks to form DAF NV, which operated as Leyland DAF in the UK.
After DAF NV was placed in administration in 1993, Leyland DAF was purchased in a management buyout and rebranded Leyland Trucks. It has been a subsidiary of Paccar since 1998.