please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2012 this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message douglas equipment limited type subsidiary industry airport and aircraft support vehicles founded 1947 headquarters cheltenham england number of employees 120 parent curtiss wright website douglas.cwfc.com douglas equipment is an english manufacturer of vehicles that support the aircraft industry such as tugs tractors etc. the firm is headquartered in the arle area of cheltenham england with manufacturing operations around the world . established as fl douglas equipment limited in 1947 by frank leslie douglas it today is a subsidiary of the dennis group plc. 1 frank douglas had previously been employed by universal power drives unipower which in 1937 introduced a 4x4 timber tractor an idea he used when he converted war surplus 95 bhp aec matador 4x4 medium artillery tractors as 4x4 timber tractors . 1 the firm also built a range of industrial tug trucks for trailer haulage in factories ports and docks loading ships . 1 external links edit official website references edit a b c ed burrows . classic truck onwards and upwards . heritage commercials . retrieved 29 march 2014 . this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title douglas equipment & oldid 618950445 categories motor vehicle manufacturers of the united kingdomcompanies based in cheltenhamenglish company stubshidden categories orphaned articles from december 2012all orphaned articlesarticles needing additional references from may 2011all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2014 at 10 05 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view