Leyland Motors
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 14,000 trucks per year of which approximately 35% is exported to all European Community Markets. 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.