Privatisation
After privatisation the headquarters of Royal Ordnance Plc was moved to ROF Chorley and was accommodated in a new office block on the "Administration site" created out of a former warehouse. The registered office of Royal Ordnance Plc, however, remained in London.
The site continued to be known as Royal Ordnance Chorley, or RO Defence, Chorley for some 20 years after privatisation; but then lost its name, eventually, becoming a BAE Systems Land Systems site and then a BAE Systems Land and Armaments site. The headquarters function was moved from Chorley to BAE Systems' Filton site.
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