East Lancashire Coachbuilders

East Lancashire Coachbuilders Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryBus building
Founded27 October 1934 (1934-10-27)
FounderWalter Smith
Defunct1 March 2010 (2010-03-01)
FateDissolved after parent company Darwen Group performed a reverse takeover
SuccessorOptare
HeadquartersBlackburn, Lancashire, England
ProductsBus bodies
WebsiteOfficial website

East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The company went into administration for a short while in August 2007, before being bought by Darwen Group and performed a reverse takeover with Optare when its parent purchased the company in 2008 and its site and business was later closed in 2012.

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