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A brand new aluminium casting factory which will make parts for Jaguar Land Rover is to create 300 full or part time jobs in Telford.

The new factory, to be run by Cosma International, a subsidiary of Magna International, is located at Nedge Hill’s Telford 54 Business Park. It opened its doors last week and bosses say that hundreds of highly skilled jobs will be created at the site.

The automotive factory is a 21,000 square metre facility which will boast eight die cast machines. It will also use multiple robots to automate some of the production work for JLR.

Explaining why they had picked this location, Ben Goater, general manager of Cosma Castings UK, said: “We had a shortlist of five sites. We looked at a number of factors including local support, road network and skills in the area. We thought Telford fitted us really well. There is land around here for us to grow further but our main focus at the moment is getting this site full.”

“This is a very proud moment. A lot of hard work has gone into building this team. These are very highly skilled jobs, including fixing complicated machinery,” added Mr Goater.

Speaking at the opening of the new facility, Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, Shaun Davies, said: “This is a huge deal for Telford and Wrekin. It is the single biggest foreign investment deal in the region in the last 10 years. Anybody who goes into Telford town centre can see this huge factory on the horizon.”

“The company will be making component parts for Jaguar Land Rover. This factory represents one contract Magna has got and one of the things we did as a council is future proof the site, so if they win other contracts they can actually expand this site.”

“It has created 300 direct jobs for Magna and hundreds more in the supply chain. We held an employment fair a few months ago and 1,200 people came to it to compete for those jobs, so it is really good news,” added Councillor Davies.

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