Aston Martin, which is building a second car factory at St Athan in Wales, has begun training workers for that plant at its factory in Gaydon, Warwickshire.

New employees for the St Athan plant, which will begin full production in 2020, will commence their careers at Gaydon. Over 40 people have already begun work building the new DB11.

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President and CEO Andy Palmer said: "We are proud of the fact that we have a world-class team building our cars so it is vital that the new Welsh workforce is equally dedicated and passionate. It gives me great satisfaction to be able to employ a workforce that is local to the St Athan plant and bring them here to Gaydon to train them to become the skilled technicians required to build our beautiful hand-crafted cars. We have continued to work closely with the Welsh Government throughout the recruitment process and we are very pleased with the calibre of our new employees."

A recruitment event held in Cardiff in the spring attracted over 3,000 applicants for the jobs being created at St Athan, from apprentices at the start of their careers to already highly-skilled workers.

First minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones said: "We are delighted that Aston Martin chose Wales for its second manufacturing facility and it is a pleasure to see the first group of Welsh employees starting out in their new careers with Aston Martin. The new plant will transform the ministry of defence site at St Athan with the economic benefits estimated at GBP0.5bn over 30 years."

Construction work is scheduled to start at St Athan in 2017, centering on the conversion of three super-hangers at MOD St Athan.

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