Maudslay Motor Company

It was founded in 1901 and continued until 1948 when it was taken over by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and along with Crossley Motors the new group was renamed Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV) Ltd.

The three-cylinder engine, designed by Alexander Craig,[2] was an advanced unit with a single overhead camshaft and pressure lubrication.

In addition to cars, the company expanded into manufacture of commercial vehicles, ranging from small two-cylinder delivery vans to six ton lorries.

The first Maudslay double decker buses were produced in 1905, being used by Scottish Motor Traction[6] and the London Road Car Company.

Five- and six-ton "A Type" lorries had been supplied to the British War Office in 1913, and these, along with a three-ton model, became the main product during hostilities.

During the 1990s brakes and axles for automotive manufactures like Volvo and Renault heavy vehicles were produced there, and ArvinMeritor, the company that once owned the Castle Maudslay site, maintained a small office and manufacturing facility there until the site was eventually demolished and became 'Great Alne Park', a retirement housing development, in 2017.

After the formation of Leyland Motor Corporation the Castle Maudslay plant produced axles; Rockwell bought it in the late 1970s.