Made In Preston - the blog » Leyland Trucks http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/wp blogging about the region of Preston, Lancashire and there-abouts Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:55:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Leyland Trucks Best British Manufacturer 2010 (and 2009) http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/wp/2010/06/25/leyland-trucks-best-british-manufacturer-2010-and-2009/ http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/wp/2010/06/25/leyland-trucks-best-british-manufacturer-2010-and-2009/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:04:33 +0000 Pete of MIP http://www.madeinpreston.co.uk/wp/?p=1128 Continue reading →]]> On June 23rd the Institute of Mechanical Engineers announced that Leyland Trucks were overall winner of the Manufacturing Excellence Award 2010 (MX Award).  This is the second year running Leyland have won this award.

Not only overall winners but were also finalists in 8 out of the 12 categories including also winning the Business Development and Change Management Award.

The company currently employs 970 people at the Leyland site and exports around 50% of it’s products. Two years ago it made 25,000 vehicles and has recently expanded the capability of the factory to include fully bodied trucks straight to the customer.

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