Midland: Automotive Industry Is Stabilising, Says Scheele

Birmingham Post › February 17, 2006

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Reports of the death of the Midlands car industry have been greatly exaggerated, a former president of Ford and ex-boss of Jaguar said yesterday.

Sir Nick Scheele, retired president of automotive operations for Ford, said that - in contrast to the US - car manufacturing in the region was "stabilising" and the future looked bright.

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Midland: Automotive Industry Is Stabilising, Says Scheele

"The region is still the UK's centre of automotive manufacturing," he said. "We've seen Toyota investing in its Burnaston factory and Jaguar has secured production in the West Midlands by moving the XJ and XK to Castle Bromw...

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