BackJaguar Land Rover to double production at its engine making unit in UK
The total investment in the site, which opened a year ago, now stands at 1 billion
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Mumbai: Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc., a unit of Tata Motors Ltd, will double production at its engine manufacturing centre as part of a £450 million expansion programme, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The total investment in the site, which opened a year ago, now stands at £1 billion, making it the most significant new automotive manufacturing facility to be built in the UK in the last decade, the statement said. This is JLR’s first venture into in-house engine manufacturing in a generation.
The Midland-based facility has moved from prototype production to full-scale manufacture with more than 50,000 engines in just 12 months, it added.
The Ingenium engine was launched initially in the Jaguar XE in April 2015 and was followed by the Discovery Sport, two of the most critical product launches by the firm. It has sold 65,800 units of these models so far.
In a statement, Ralph Speth, chief executive of JLR, said, “The engine manufacturing centre is a strategically significant facility for Jaguar Land Rover. The decision to expand our operations at the site provides a clear signal of our commitment 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."
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