UK-based manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has announced that it plans to build a new production facility in Slovakia.
The plans, put together in co-operation with the Slovakian Government, will be confirmed later this year with the aim of commencing production at the plant in 2018. The move comes as part of Jaguar Land Rover’s programme of global expansion, with the manufacturer having considered various locations in both North and Central America as well as Europe for the new plant, which it says should have a capacity of 300,000 vehicles over the next decade.
Last year saw Jaguar Land Rover launch a new joint venture in China and begin construction of a new manufacturing plant in Brazil, this in addition to investment closer to home which has seen the firm’s UK workforce more than double to 36,000 over the past five years.
The £11billion UK investment programme has seen facilities in Castle Bromwich, Halewood, and Solihull begin production of a host of all-new models. The creation of 1,400 jobs in the Midlands came from a half-a-million pound investment in the firm’s new Engine Manufacturing Centre, while there are plans in the pipeline to expand the advanced engineering and design centre in Coventry and to invest in the University of Warwick’s National Automotive Innovation Centre.
“The expansion of our business globally is essential to support its long term resilient growth”, said Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Dr. Ralf Speith, announcing the company’s new Slovakian venture.
“As well as creating additional capacity it allows us to invest in the development of more new vehicles and technologies, which supports jobs in the UK.”
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