SU-Butec
1976 New component manufacturing division of British Leyland
1977 British Leyland brought together 6 subsidiaries to produce auto-electrics and fuel system components for the after-sales market, which were 2 profitable market segments recommended in the Ryder report[1]. The subsidiaries concerned included:
1977 The Vanden Plas, foundries and the reorganized SU-Butec were added to the parts and service activities in Leyland Cars[3]
1978 BL Cars was split into 3 parts, of which BL Components was to be based on the SU-Butec activity[4]
By 1981 was a division of Unipart