However, due to the recession, the production at the LDV plant was halted and the plant was sold to a Chinese company ECO Concept in 2009.

The Home Guard ( initially " Local Defence Volunteers " or LDV ) was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War.

In telegrams to the Lord Lieutenants of each county, it was explained that LDV units would operate in pre-defined military areas already used by the regular Army, with a General Staff Officer coordinating with civilian regional commissioners to divide these areas into smaller zones ; in London this was organised on the basis of police districts.

This apparent lack of focus led to many LDV members becoming impatient, particularly when it was announced that volunteers would only receive armbands printed with ' L. D. V.

The issue of weapons to LDV units was particularly problematic for the War Office, as it was recognised that the re-arming and re-equipping of the regular forces would have to take precedence over the LDV.

Another problem that was encountered as the LDV was organised was the definition of the role the organisation was to play.

In the eyes of the War Office and the Army, the LDV was to act as ' an armed police constabulary ' which in the event of an invasion was to observe German troop movements, convey information to the regular forces and guard places of strategic or tactical importance.

Despite resistance from Eden and other government officials, who noted that one million ' LDV ' armbands had already been printed and the cost of printing another million ' Home Guard ' armbands would be excessive, Churchill would not be dissuaded ; on 22 July the LDV was officially renamed the Home Guard.

The van division was also bought through a management buy-out and became LDV Limited.

The B140 variation, with 1. 4-liter A14 engine, was manufactured up until 2008 by Nissan South Africa as the Nissan LDV 1400 ( Light Delivery Vehicle ).

The instrument was soon called the Laser Doppler Velocimeter ( LDV ) and the technique Laser Doppler Velocimetry, also abbreviated LDV.

In the decades since the LDV was first introduced, there has been a wide variety of laser Doppler sensors developed and applied.

LDV Group Limited ( formerly Leyland DAF Vans ) was a British van manufacturer, based in the Ward End area of Birmingham.

LDV was formed in 1993 as Leyland DAF Vans Limited following a management buy-out of DAF NV's Leyland DAF van manufacturing division, following the bankruptcy of the Dutch company.

In 2006, GAZ made a move on the LDV company based in Birmingham, England, and acquired the van maker from the venture capital group Sun European Partners in July of that year.

The Russian GAZ Group acquired LDV on 31 July 2006, and also established a new company, GAZ International, based in the UK, to focus on the automotive industry.

LDV subsequently acquired the exclusive rights to the van from General Motors, who had taken over Daewoo, and purchased the existing tooling and shipped it all to Birmingham from the Daewoo plant in Poland where the van was originally intended to be built.

Up until early 2006, LDV produced the Convoy and Pilot, derived from the venerable British Leyland Sherpa, and developed considerably throughout the 1970s – 90s, and which are a common sight in the UK.

* LDV also sponsored the Football League Trophy from 2000 to 2006.

In 2006, GAZ Group, purchased all the shares of LDV Holdings ( producer of light commercial vehicles, the city of Birmingham, Great Britain ) from an American fund Sun Capital.

The presence of many veterans, and the appointment of ex-officers as commanders of LDV units, only worsened the situation, with many believing that they did not require training before being issued weapons ; this led to numerous complaints being received by the War Office and the press, and many ex-senior officers attempting to use their influence to obtain weapons or permission to begin patrolling.

Complaints about the role of the LDV, as well as continuing problems encountered by the War Office in its attempts to clothe and arm the LDV, led the government to respond to public pressure in August, redefining the role of the LDV to include delaying and obstructing German forces through any means possible.

Patrols were carried out on foot, by bicycle, even on horseback and often without uniforms, although all volunteers wore an armband that said " LDV ".

* LDV Cub, a rebadged version of the Nissan Vanette van sold by LDV Limited

Some of the most popular establishments include Aristokrat, Cusina, Bulakena, Jollytops, Fort Ilocandia, Happy Birthday Cakes, Manila by Night, Sampaguita, Casa Manila, Angel Kiss, LDV Express Inc. and a branch of FV Foods.

In December 2005, after going into administration, LDV was bought by group Sun Capital / Sun European Partners and was subject to a financial restructuring.

After the UK Government tried once again to save the company by agreeing to pour in £ 5million of grants to enable Malaysia's WestStar Corporation to purchase LDV, WestStar failed to secure financing.

* LDV Convoy, a cargo / passenger van manufactured by LDV

Vehicles produced by LDV Limited.

The Maxus is a van model, originally produced by LDV Limited.

The model was jointly developed by LDV and Daewoo Motor, prior to Daewoo entering receivership in 2000, in a five year, £ 500 million development programme.

The LDV Maxus model was relaunched by SAIC as the V80 in June 2011.

Osman was loaned to Carlisle United in October 2002, where he scored once in the league against Macclesfield Town and a brace against Oldham Athletic in the LDV Vans Trophy and was awarded Player of the Year by the club.

GAZ proposed to increase production in the LDV plant in England, while also commencing production of the MAXUS in a new plant in Russia.

GAZ had plans to export LDV technology to Russia, and start producing the Maxus at the GAZ Nizhny Novgorod plant in Russia with 50, 000 as an initial volume.

In May 2009 GAZ Group signed an agreement to sell its UK / LDV van business to Malaysia automobile manufacturer and distributor Weststar.

They lifted the LDV Vans Trophy at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in May 2005, but had entered administration several months earlier and the 10-point penalty for this had caused their relegation to the basement division of the Football League.

At the same time Winston Churchill, who had assumed the position of Prime Minister in May, became involved in the matter after being alerted to the problems, obtaining a summary of the current LDV position from the War Office on 22 June.

Initially the LDV were poorly armed, since the regular forces had priority for weapons and equipment.

It had been hoped that the Malaysian company Weststar LDV, which distributed the Maxus under licence in Asia and the Middle East, would acquire LDV, but the deal fell through the week before LDV entered administration.

Daewoo Motor Polska and the British van manufacturer LDV developed together at this time the Maxus van.

2005 LDV Maxus 2. 8 CDi 95 SWB

The main product of LDV is the light commercial vehicle Maxus.

In 2011, the Chinese company Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation ( SAIC ) launched a new commercial vehicle marque called Maxus, following its acquisition of the intellectual property of LDV in 2010.

Not long after its launch the LDV Maxus was awarded the Professional Van and Light Truck Magazine " Van of the Year 2005 " and has since won several further awards including " Van of the Year ", " Minibus of the Year " and " Combi of the Year ".

In August 2010, China's SAIC, which bought most of the LDV assets, planned to launch the Chinese version of Maxus in 2011, and in April 2011 announced the Maxus would be called the Datong ( meaning big wisdom and smooth in Chinese ) under its new Maxus brand.

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