Liverpool based JLR supplier to cut jobs

Posted on 30 Sep 2014 by The Manufacturer

Magna Merplas, which supplied components to Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood plant, is to cut jobs after the car manufacturer awarded a contract to a rival firm.

The plastic mouldings company constructs the bumpers for JLR’s Halewood-built Range Rover Evoque and was awarded a five-year supply contract for the plant’s new Land Rover Discovery Sport model, due to go into production later this year. Both contracts have now been withdrawn. In a statement from the Merplas company said: “Merplas has communicated to…

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