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More bad news for Britain"s car industry, as Ford announces it"s planning to close the Bridgend Engine Plant in South Wales in 2020. The company has started consulting unions on the proposed closure of the factory, which was opened in 1977 and today employs some 1,700 workers. Ford is blaming "significant underutilisation" of the plant"s 750,000 engines-per-year capacity for the possible shutdown. At the moment it builds the 1.5-litre petrol engine found in such cars as the Fiesta ST, as well as V8s for Jaguar Land Rover. Under Ford"s plans, production of the former will stop at Bridgend in February 2020. The factory will close when production of the latter is moved to JLR"s Wolverhampton plant that September, with its 1,700 employees benefitting from a "enhanced separation programme" that will help them "to find new employers or pursue new opportunities, such as creating their own businesses or training for new careers".
Date written: 6 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
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More bad news for Britain"s car industry, as Ford announces it"s planning to close the Bridgend Engine Plant in South Wales in 2020. The company has started consulting unions on the proposed closure of the factory, which was opened in 1977 and today employs some 1,700 workers. Ford is blaming "significant underutilisation" of the plant"s 750,000 engines-per-year capacity for the possible shutdown. At the moment it builds the 1.5-litre petrol engine found in such cars as the Fiesta ST, as well as V8s for Jaguar Land Rover. Under Ford"s plans, production of the former will stop at Bridgend in February 2020. The factory will close when production of the latter is moved to JLR"s Wolverhampton plant that September, with its 1,700 employees benefitting from a "enhanced separation programme" that will help them "to find new employers or pursue new opportunities, such as creating their own businesses or training for new careers".
Date written: 6 Jun 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15937
