MBDA UK Limited working in Stevenage - Stevenage 75th anniversary magazine | biz4Biz - Magazine - Page 47
MBDA UK Limited working in Stevenage
MBDA
1955 Stevenage Site facing South
MBDA UK Limited
As Stevenage celebrates its 75th
Anniversary, MBDA UK Limited
(MBDA) – in one name or another - is
a company that has been part of that
history for nearly 70 of those years.
In 1953 the English Electric Company
decided to expand, from nearby Luton in
Bedfordshire, into Stevenage New Town.
Initially into a small ‘off-the shelf ’ facility
known as the Pilot Factory in Caxton
Way. Having been awarded a major
contract from the British Government,
the move to Stevenage New Town was
the start of a major expansion for floor
space and to increase the workforce. This
resulted in a relocation to a new 83-acre
site off Six Hills Way. Soon after, in 1956,
Her Majesty the Queen visited the site.
During the 1960s, the site expanded
extensively such that a small shuttle bus
was required to ferry people from one
end of the site to the other. The decade
also came with the company’s first (of
many) name changes. In 1963, the English
Electric Company became part of the
British Aircraft Corporation.
1953 (main site - facing south)
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