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"East Lancs" redirects here. For other uses, see East Lancs (disambiguation).
   East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in Blackburn in 1934. In 1994 the company expanded in to new premises and commenced a programme of development that resulted in a range of single and double deck buses which was the primary source of income for the company. On August 17 2007 the company went into administration, but was saved and bought out by the Darwen Group the next day. It is thought that the problem was a direct consequence of changing to the Euro 4 chassis, with a shortage of Scania chassis being a factor.[1] After the purchase, the Darwen Group rebranded the company as Darwen East Lancs. In 2008 Jamesstan Investments, an investment company controlled by the Darwen Group purchased another bus manufacturer Optare. Later, in June 2008, a reverse takeover was performed, with the Darwen name disappearing in favour of Optare's. This brings East Lancs name into the Optare Group, now providing an expanded range of vehicles.
[edit] Products[edit] PastEast Lancs has had many different styles of bodywork. They had a tradition of using misspelt product names which continues until the Esteem and Olympus series. [edit] Older past bodies
[edit] Lolyne and Spryte seriesIn the early 1990s, East Lancs created a new style of bus body. Like most East Lancs buses, this body style didn't have a definite name and was named by its chassis as follows:
[edit] Myllennium series In 2001, a new body was launched. Again, the product didn't have a definite name, it varied according to the chassis.
[edit] Until bought by DarwenThe generation until East Lancs went into administration continues the tradition of misspelt names but each has a different name and does not vary on the chassis. [edit] Scania series  This series are the last surviving variants of the myllennium series. They are now part of their own series. These have the standard body but with Scania own front styling.
[edit] Esteem and Olympus seriesThe Esteem was launched early in 2006. The Olympus was launched at the Euro Bus Expo 2006 and its lower dash is the same as the Esteem. The Visionaire launched in summer 2007 with Arriva's Original London Sightseeing Tour.
Production of these buses continued under Darwen ownership. [edit] Kinetec series The Kinetec series was launched at the Euro Bus Expo 2006. They are designed as low-floor bodies for MAN chassis. They have the Esteem/Olympus body but with MAN's own Lion's City design front and rear.
[edit] East Lancs subsidiaries   East Lancs also ran sub-divisions of the company, in addition to the production of buses:
[edit] References
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