Pirelli has unveiled investment at its Carlisle plant in the UK worth GBP20.1m (US$32m) as the tyre manufacturer continues its UK expansion.

The investment comprises GBP11.4m in research and development that will create 37 new jobs and protect 120 posts.

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Development of products in Carlisle will result in a further GBP9m investment in new process machinery for volume production, which will secure existing direct and indirect jobs.

“[Some] GBP2m is government money from the Regional Growth Fund,” (RGF) a Pirelli spokeswoman told just-auto. “We applied for RGF money because quite a few companies within the Carlisle area also applied.”

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