BAE Systems has received the keys to its new £75m munitions facility in Washington, Tyne & Wear, which will ensure better supplies of ammunition to front line troops and secure 350 jobs in the North East.
Beginning in March production will be transferred from Birtley to the new site, located south of Newcastle, and will be largely complete by the end of the year and employees will make the move in batches over the same period. A new high tech 250-tonne forge has already been installed in the new factory and…
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