{"id":969,"date":"2017-10-04T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/?p=969"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T10:21:52","slug":"more-manufacturing-coming-to-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/?p=969","title":{"rendered":"More Manufacturing Coming to South Wales!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-969\"  class=\"panel-layout\" >\n<div id=\"pg-969-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" >\n<div id=\"pgc-969-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"  data-weight=\"1\" >\n<div id=\"panel-969-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\" >\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<div class=\"hide-on-mobile\">\n<header class=\"content__head tonal__head tonal__head--tone-news\n    \n    \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__header tonal__header\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column u-cf\">\n<h1 class=\"content__headline\">South Wales aluminium factory to manufacture low-emission taxi<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tonal__standfirst u-cf\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column\">\n<div class=\"content__standfirst\" data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian company <strong>Sapa<\/strong> invests \u00a39.6m to reopen mothballed facility in Bedwas, near Caerphilly, with 130 jobs returning to area<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__main tonal__main tonal__main--tone-news\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column content__main-column--article js-content-main-column \">\n<div class=\"js-score\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<figure id=\"img-1\" class=\"media-primary media-content()  \" 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caption--img\">\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content__meta-container js-content-meta js-football-meta u-cf\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"meta__extras \">\n<div class=\"meta__numbers\">\n<div class=\"meta__number\" data-commentcount-format=\"content\" data-discussion-closed=\"false\">Plans to introduce low-emissions taxis in London are helping create more than 130 jobs in South Wales, as the firm tasked with making lightweight bodywork for eco-friendly black cabs reopens a factory in the area.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian aluminium company Sapa is investing \u00a39.6m to reopen a mothballed plant in Bedwas, near Caerphilly, which it closed in 2014 because of tough market conditions and overcapacity. The reopening brings back the same number of jobs over the next five years as were lost in the closure.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-1 | 1\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-news--item \">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__image-container u-responsive-ratio\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__arrow\">The investment, which is also backed by \u00a3550,000 from the Welsh government, comes at a time when manufacturers face growing uncertainty over Brexit. It also comes as carmakers seek to develop eco-friendly vehicles ahead of a move to ban sale of diesel and petrol card and vans in the UK from 2040.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first customer to be supplied goods made at the refurbished facility will be the London Electrical Vehicle Company, which is developing a zero-emissions taxi for the capital\u2019s polluted streets. Sapa said the support from the Welsh government helped it to pick the plant over another European facility with spare capacity. The Bedwas site has been changed from an aluminium extrusion plant before its closure in 2014 to a new facility on the same site set up to produce specialised automotive components.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the reopening of the plant will return the same number of jobs lost in 2014, there is potential for hundreds of additional jobs in future. Production is due to start in the final months of 2017, with a steady increase over the next five years. Materials used in the plant will be sourced from Spain.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recent surveys of manufacturers have found reluctance to invest in their operations at a time of heightened uncertainty over Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carwyn Jones, the Welsh first minister, said he was delighted the facility in Bedwas would be brought back into operation. \u201cThe opening will create a range of new job opportunities and give a new lease of life to the area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Credit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2017\/sep\/18\/south-wales-aluminium-eco-friendly-taxi-sapa-bedwas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Wales aluminium factory to manufacture low-emission taxi \u00a0 Norwegian company Sapa invests \u00a39.6m to reopen mothballed facility in Bedwas, near Caerphilly, with 130 jobs returning to area \u00a0 \u00a0 Plans to introduce low-emissions taxis in London are helping create &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/?p=969\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":976,"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions\/976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkrecruit.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}