Editing Langley, Berkshire (section)

===Ford factory===
The [[Ford of Britain|Ford Motor Company]] opened a commercial vehicle component factory at Langley Airfield in 1949, and then bought the entire site from Hawker Siddeley in 1959. The former aircraft factory was re-used for commercial vehicle manufacture and the [[Ford Transit]] was built here until production was transferred to [[Ford Southampton plant|Ford's Southampton plant]] at [[Swaythling]], [[Southampton]], and later the [[Ford Cargo (Europe)|Ford Cargo]]. The Langley factory became part of [[Iveco]] in 1986 but finally closed in September 1997. Demolished a year later by Gregory Demolition, the site is now redeveloped with new housing, offices and warehousing (including [[Royal Mail]]'s [[Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre]], which services nearby [[Heathrow Airport]]).