HBPO, Faurecia and Intier Automotive will build components factories within an hour’s distance from BMW’s Cowley, Oxford, plant where the German carmaker is investing £200m in boosting production of a new range of Mini.
BMW is investigating the possibility of establishing railway links between the Oxford assembly plant, its pressings works at Swindon and its Hams Hall engine factory.
References: Financial Times 14/09/06 page 2, The Guardian 14/09/06 page 27, page 36 (Leader), The Independent 14/09/06 page 42
