This year, JaguarLandRover’s
UK Solihull manufacturing site will be the scene of much activity as advances
are introduced in the aluminium process of building body-in-white (BIW).
Up
until now, JLR’s two main centres of excellence for aluminium vehicle BIW
manufacture have centred primarily on the company’s Castle Bromwich site and
Solihull. Castle Bromwich, in particular, has seen a previously substantial
investment (by Ford Motor Company) in equipment to stamp and handle aluminium
body panels, primarily using a line of Schuler presses, provided the bedrock
for the technology.
