Jaguar Land Rover recently announced that the company has invested a total of Rs 3287 crore or £ 370 million to upgrade its UK manufacturing facilities and increased productivity.
This announcement comes at a time when the company is all set to launch its latest generation Range Rover in 170 countries. This huge investment has also helped the company to secure around 1000 jobs in UK in departments like design, product development and manufacturing at Jaguar Land Rover. With this investment, JLR was able to install a new aluminium body shop for the latest Range Rover models along with many upgrades that include paint-applications technologies, trim assembly, warehousing and the company’s first customer handover centre at the Solihul plant. On the announcement Dr. Ralf Speth, Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Officer, said: “This outstanding new Range Rover symbolises our commitment to investing in Britain and exporting around the world, delivering class-leading performance, agility, quality and luxury in a model that enjoys iconic status in almost every market. As the UK’s leading automotive investor in R&D we are proud of the work that has gone into developing the new technologies and innovations to make the new Range Rover possible. Through a £370m investment in our manufacturing facilities we have been able to build the world’s first SUV with lightweight all-aluminium construction, a car that is 20% lighter, with fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions reduced by 22%.”
