Darwen LPD

Darwen LPD is the name for the former Leyland Product Developments company acquired by the Darwen Group in November 2007. The company is in England.

LPD was established in 1994 after a management buyout of Volvo's Product Development division and was acquired by Greencool Holding Limited in 2004. It has a workforce of over 40 staff and primarily designed chassis and bodies for commercial vehicles. This has included work for Volvo and Scania. It also has a manufacturing arm and this carries special vehicle conversions, prototype builds and designs and makes a vehicle recovery device, the Rapid Deployment Transporter, for the RAC.

Products

Current	Solo SR Versa Tempo SR MetroCity MetroDecker

Discontinued (Optare)	Alero Bonito CityPacer ColumboRider Delta Excel MetroRider Prisma Rapta Sigma Spectra StarRider Vecta Toro Solo⁺ Solera Soroco Rapido Viedo

Discontinued (East Lancs / Darwen)	EL2000 Greenway MaxCi European Opus 2 Spryte Flyte Myllennium OmniTown Kinetec Esteem Panaire 1984-style double-deck E Type Cityzen Pyoneer Lolyne Hyline Vyking Lowlander Myllennium Lolyne Myllennium Vyking Myllennium Lowlander Nordic Scania OmniDekka Olympus Visionaire

See also

Main companies	Optare who had a reverse takeover of Darwen Group who acquired East Lancashire Coachbuilders

Related companies	Darwen East Lancs Darwen LPD Darwen North West (North West Bus & Coach Repairs) British City Bus East Lancs Overseas

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Darwen LPD

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