Gestamp has opened a new aluminium plant in Nitra, Slovakia.
The company spent about EUR130m on the new factory to supply Jaguar Land Rover's newly opened Land Rover Discovery factory in Slovakia.
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It will also manufacture parts for the new Defender scheduled to start production this year.
The plant manufactures several skin panels and structural parts for the body, mainly out of aluminium, a Gestamp speciality.
About 200 people are employed.
Equipment includes two servo press tandem lines that will make 70% of the parts from aluminium.
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By GlobalDataAnother Slovak plant is in Velky Meder where Gestamp unit Edscha makes mechanisms.
Gestamp chairman Francisco Riberas said: "We always accompany our clients where they require us, which is exactly what we have done in this case: we have moved to Slovakia to proficiently serve Jaguar Land Rover with the highest standards in a plant that intends to be the press shop of our client."
