[5] The model was successful, with a number of design elements including a small exterior dimension compared to its internal capacity, and being sized with both British Standard and European Free Trade Area requirements in mind.

As part of an extensive deal, which involved Rolls becoming a distributor of Prestcold fridges, and joint branding of Rolls-Prestcold.

Prestcold was part of the Leyland Special Products division, later SP Industries, along with diverse interests such as Aveling-Barford and Nuffield Press.

[3] Divestments left Prestcold as one of the only non-automotive manufacturing divisions within the British Leyland group, but it was retained due to its research on air conditioning for cars, which was seen as strategically important.

[17][18] In 1981 Prestcold was acquired by Suter plc, a diverse engineering and chemicals company based in Grantham, Lincolnshire,[19] and headed by David Abell, the former managing director of Leyland Special Products.

[12] Abell had to resign his post as then Managing Director of BL Commercial Vehicles because of the potential conflict of interest created.