LDV Group
LDV Group Limited (formerly Leyland DAF Vans) was a British van manufacturer, based in the Ward End area of Birmingham.
In its history part of Rover Group and Leyland DAF, was latterly a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian GAZ group. Owing to the worldwide recession and a lack of long term investment, production was halted at LDV's Birmingham factory in December 2008.
After a series of failed rescue attempts in 2009, the assets of the company were sold by administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers to China Venture's firm Eco Concept, on 15 October 2009.
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