Ryton plant

Ryton Plant
Ryton Plant as seen in August 1994
Operated	1939–2006
Location	Ryton-on-Dunsmore, UK
Coordinates	52°22′N 1°27′W / 52.37°N 1.45°W / 52.37; -1.45
Industry	Automotive
Products	Aircraft engines, automobile
Area	140 acres (0.57 km2)
Owner(s)	Rootes Group (1939–67) Chrysler Europe (1967–78) PSA Group (1978–2006)
Defunct	2007; 17 years ago (2007)

52°22′12″N 1°26′56″W / 52.370°N 1.449°W / 52.370; -1.449 The Ryton plant is a former car manufacturing plant in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, England. Developed by the Rootes Group as a shadow factory in 1939^[1] to produce aircraft engines for World War II; post war it became the headquarters of the group.

Taken over by Chrysler Europe in 1967 and then by PSA Group in 1978, it shut in December 2006, and was subsequently redeveloped by Trenport Investments Ltd, for industrial use in March 2007. The plant met its final demise in November 2007, when it was completely demolished.