JLR to add 1,000 jobs at Halewood plant
Tatas-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is adding 1,000 jobs at its Halewood manufacturing plant, near Liverpool in the UK.
"The new positions, which will support the on-going significant demand for the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Freelander 2, take the workforce at Halewood to almost 4,500 -- treble the number employed there just three years ago," the company said in a statement.
JLR HR Director Des Thurlby said: "We are moving Halewood to three shifts and 24-hour operation to meet increased global demand for our products."
The new jobs at Halewood plant will include production operators, supervisors and engineers, the company said.
All new employees joining the production line will receive training towards an Intermediate (Level 2) Apprenticeship, it added.
Thurlby said: "JLR's supply chain is also set to benefit, with thousands more jobs expected to be created."
In the April-January period JLR's global sales were at 2,45,705 units, up 25 per cent from the year-ago period.
Cumulative sales of Land Rover during the period were 2,01,237 units, up 34 per cent from the year-ago period, while that of are 44,468 units, lower by 3 per cent.
In January, the company's overall sales were at 29,293 units, up 44 per cent over January 2011.
Land Rover sales during the month were 24,746 units, up 43 per cent from the same month last year. That of Jaguar were 4,547 units, up 49 per cent from January 2011.
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