McLaren expands

McLaren Automotive has announced plans to base its new production centre in Woking, creating around 800 automotive jobs and an additional 1,500 indirectly in the local economy.

The McLaren Production Centre (MPC) will be used to build a range of high performance sports cars from 2011, with an initial annual production of 1,000, increasing to around 4,000 when the range is complete.

According to McLaren, the facility will have the capacity for up to 20 McLaren sports cars per day.

Antony Sheriff, managing director of McLaren Automotive, told The Engineer: ‘We have challenged our suppliers to work with us not only on delivering unique components and parts, but to do it rapidly and to great accuracy.

‘The value will be financial as we successfully launch this range and also professional as we challenge our suppliers to work with us on our innovations.’

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