300 extra staff ready to start work as Brose’s new factory nears completion

AUTOMOTIVE sector manufacturer Brose UK’s new £35m factory in Coventry has taken another major step forward with the first part of the building being handed over to the company.

Managing director Juergen Zahl added the final panel to the new logistics department, a 2,500 sq m dedicated area that will help the firm centralise its transport operations.

More than 300 people have been recruited so far to work in the new facility at Colliery Lane in Exhall, which will be responsible for producing more than half a million lightweight rear seat systems for Jaguar Land Rover every year.

This means the mechatronic systems and electric motors specialist now employs 900 people.

Zahl said: “We are very pleased with the progress of the building, which will double our production capacity in the UK.

“The frame of the building was completed in the middle of October and we have now been able to move our logistics department into a small part of the new building.

“It is intended that our dedicated ‘rear seating systems’ production line will be fully operational by the start of the year.

“This facility will be one of the most advanced in the Brose Group, with the latest robotic welding technology and full traceability. We expect the first composite seat components will be delivered to Jaguar Land Rover in 2016.”

The firm will also be installing a new automated line that removes the need to manually handle the larger rear seat systems during production.

Brose UK’s decision to build the 11,400 sq m facility has been supported by £3m of funding from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund.

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