Douglas Equipment

Douglas Equipment Limited
Subsidiary
Industry Airport and aircraft support vehicles
Founded 1947
Headquarters Cheltenham, England
Number of employees
 120
Parent Textron
Website http://www.douglasequipment.co.uk/

DOUGLAS Equipment Limited is an English manufacturer of vehicles that support the aircraft industry such as tugs, tractors etc. The firm is headquartered in the Arle area of Cheltenham, England with manufacturing operations around the world.

Established as FL Douglas (Equipment) Limited in 1947 by Frank Leslie Douglas, it today is a subsidiary of the Dennis Group plc.[1]

Frank Douglas had previously been employed by Universal Power Drives (Unipower), which in 1937 introduced a 4x4 timber tractor, an idea he used when he converted war-surplus 95 bhp AEC Matador 4x4 medium artillery tractors as 4x4 timber tractors.[1]

The firm also built a range of industrial tug trucks for trailer haulage in factories, ports and docks loading ships.[1]

In 2010 the company received the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the categories of Innovation and International Trade.

Official website

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ed, Burrows. "Classic Truck: Onwards and upwards". Heritage Commercials. Retrieved 29 March 2014.


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