Indian auto giant Tata Motors plans to recruit 1,000 workers in China for its 1-billion pound Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) joint venture in the country, which will include a new engine plant.
The West Midlands based carmaker has been training 50 of those workers at its Halewood plant in Merseyside, according to The Sunday Times.
The workers are due to return to China at the end of the month, where they will pass on their skills to others. JLR wants to cash in on the huge demand for its vehicles in China by launching its own giant manufacturing operation in Changshu near Shanghai.
Its best-selling Evoque \’Baby Range Rover\’ will be the first car to roll off the production line.
Sources told the newspaper that the factory, built under a joint venture with Chinese car manufacturer Chery, will produce up to 130,000 cars a year, rising to 200,000.
This would put it on a par with JLR\’s operations at Solihull, which builds Range Rover and Halewood.
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