Jobs boost at Ford following £190m engine investment
Around 318 jobs are to be created following an announcement by Ford that it is to invest an additional £190m at its Dagenham plant in London.
The investment, which includes £8.9m from the government’s Regional Growth Fund, will be directed at the production of an all-new advanced technology 2.0-litre diesel engine for cars and commercial vehicles.
According to Ford, the announcement confirms the second phase of investment in the new engine programme following the original investment of £287m for phase one with support from the UK government’s Regional Growth Fund. This brings the total invested in the project to in excess of £475m.
The first phase of investment relates to the production of low carbon 2.0 litre diesel engines for Ford commercial vehicles (CVs) globally. The second phase is for low carbon, 2.0 litre diesel engines for passenger cars.
The new range of low carbon 2.0-litre diesel engines for cars and CVs has been designed and developed at Ford Dagenham and at the Ford Dunton Technical Centre in Essex.
The first phase one engines will come off the line towards the end of next year. Production capacity will be up to 350,000 units per year and will be installed in Ford commercial vehicles from 2016.
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