| BMW boosts MINI production 20 percent -
09-13-2006, 04:19 PM
BMW boosts MINI production 20 percent
BMW today announced it is investing £200 million in its U.K.-based MINI plants to increase production from 200,000 to 240,000 vehicles per year. The company's plants at Oxford, Swindon and Hams Hall, have all received substantial investment from BMW Group to build the new second-generation model. As production levels rise, up to 250 new jobs will be created at Hams Hall and 200 jobs at Oxford. The automaker also said British content in the vehicles will increase to 60 percent — up from 40 percent for the last-generation model.
Source: leftlanenews.com |