JCB’s UK engine investment to create hundreds of jobs

Posted on 7 Dec 2011 by The Manufacturer

JCB - the world’s third largest manufacturer of construction equipment - today announced plans for a new £31m engine development project in the UK that will create around 350 jobs across its Midlands and Wales’ plants.

The programme is set to get underway after the company was awarded £4.5m from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF), which was recently given £1bn government funding to trigger economic growth, to offset the cost of the overall project. Design and research into the new engine project will take place at JCB Power Systems in…

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