Will
JaguarLandRover’s (JLR) new engine plant in Wolverhampton, UK, establish an
industry benchmark? That is the question many are asking as work gathers pace
to bring this unique plant to the first stage of fruition.
Ratan Tata, Tata Motor’s
supremo will hope so. He will expect it to be ‘best-in-class’ when he comes to
tour the plant in the final stages of shake-down as production gradually ramps
up.
At the Geneva Motor Show,
executives announced JLR would add a further £155million to its original investment
commitment of £355million making it a genuine £500million plant