Dennis Specialist Vehicles
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Dennis Specialist Vehicles was an English manufacturer of commercial vehicles based in Guildford, building buses, fire engines, lorries (trucks) and municipal vehicles such as dustcarts. All vehicles were made to order to the customer's requirements and more strongly built than mass production equivalents. For most of the 20th century the Dennis company was Guildford's main employer.
Company type | Public listed company |
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Industry | Automotive |
Predecessor | Dennis Brothers |
Founded | 1895; 129 years ago (1895) |
Founder | John and Raymond Dennis |
Defunct | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) (As TransBus International) |
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Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | (Plants) Guildford, Warwick, Scarborough, Anston, Blackpool, Wigan, Falkirk, Belfast |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Website | Dennis Group website |
Following a decade of financial difficulties original shareholders sold out in 1972 and Dennis's ownership has since passed through quite a number of hands. The Woodbridge site was sold and a new small factory built in Slyfield remains in use by lineal business descendant, bus-maker Alexander Dennis. No Dennis haulage trucks have been built since 1985. The last Dennis fire engine left the Guildford factory in 2007.
The Dennis brand is still used on Alexander Dennis buses, Dennis Eagle dustcarts and Dennis mowers.