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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation, manufacturing |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Headquarters | Eastfield, North Yorkshire, England |
| Products | Bus and coach bodies |
| Owner | NFI Group |
Number of employees | 750 |
| Parent | Alexander Dennis |
| Website | plaxtonlimited |
Plaxton was a builder of bus and coach bodies, They was founded in 1907 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England by Frederick William Plaxton.
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Plaxtons was founded in 1907 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire as a joinery workshop.
From 1908 to 1918, they were a building contractor and they built buildings in Scarborough.
After World War I they started to build automobile bodies for Rolls-Royce, Sunbeam, Daimler and Crossley chassis.
In the 1920s to 1930s, they stopped making automobile bodies and started making coach bodies.
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In 1989, Plaxtons bought Henlys. Henlys owned 34 motor dealers, and they owned Coleman Milne who were makers of hearses and limousines.
In 1989, the company was renamed from Plaxtons to Plaxton Group plc.
In May 1992, the Plaxton Group plc had replaced all of their management and renamed the company from Plaxton Group plc to Henlys Group.
In 1995, Henlys Group purchased bus body maker Northern Counties for £10 million. Buses were still made with the Plaxton name.
In August 2000, Henlys and Mayflower Corporation joined together, Mayflower Corporation were owners of Dennis and Alexander (Dennis made buses, fire engines, lorries and dustcarts. Alexander made bodies of buses and coaches). The joint venture was called TransBus International. Buses were made with the Transbus and Plaxton name.
On 31 March 2004, TransBus International went into administration.
On 17 May 2004, the Plaxton business was sold in a management buyout and they started trading as Plaxton Limited.
In May 2005, Plaxton announced its return to the bus market and they announced a new body of a bus called the Centro, the Centro was built on the VDL SB120 chassis, VDL SB200 chassis, MAN 14.220 chassis and Volvo B7RLE chassis.
In May 2007, Plaxton was purchased by Alexander Dennis. Buses were made with the Alexander Dennis name and Coaches were made with the Plaxton name.
In March 2024, Alexander Dennis announced it was going to start making battery electric buses, they also announced that Plaxton coaches would stop being made until 2026.
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As of 2021[update], the following models are being made:
After the Centro, Primo and Pronto was stopped being made, Plaxton do not make any of their own buses. the Plaxton factory at Scarborough does currently make the Enviro200 MMC and Enviro400 MMC buses for parent company Alexander Dennis.
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