Jason Ford

Jaguar Land Rover invests £450m into Engine Manufacturing Centre

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Jaguar Land Rover is doubling the size of its Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) in Wolverhampton as part of a £450m expansion programme.

The plant, which opened in October 2014, has so far received £1bn worth of investment and produced over 50,000 low-emission Ingenium engines used in the Jaguar XE and Discovery Sport.

This latest investment in the EMC will see the site increase its operational footprint to 200,000 square metres, supporting an increase in capacity in line with JLR’s ‘product offensive’.

Dr Ralf Speth, Jaguar Land Rover CEO said: “The Engine Manufacturing Centre is a strategically significant facility for Jaguar LandRover. The decision to expand our operations at the site provides a clear signal of ourcommitment to meeting customer demand for cleaner and more efficient engines, whilst developing the skills and capability that Britain needs if it is to remain globally competitive.”

According to Jaguar Land Rover, today’s announcement will lead to the creation of several hundred new jobs at the Centre in a move that will see Jaguar Land Rover’s global workforce reach 40,000 by 2016. In the twelve months since it opened the EMC has seen its workforce reach 700 with further recruitment on-going.

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