Tata Steel, in a joint venture, will establish a 22 million pounds manufacturing facility at its Brinsworth site in Rotherham to help develop new green technologies, which will empower the cars of the future. The project - Proving Factory was launched by Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills.
The project is a joint-venture between Productiv (assembly) and Tata Steel (materials and component manufacture) with core partners MIRA (design verification) and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (design for manufacture and assembly). While supporting partners are Jaguar Land Rover, Schaeffler, Unipart and the Midlands Assembly Network.
The said factory will manufacture low volume advanced technologies for vehicle manufacturers, with a target of 1,000 to 20,000 units per product per annum across 10 to 20 products. Further the factory will consist of two facilities - component manufacturing at the Tata Steel site at Brinsworth, Rotherham, and an assembly facility in the West Midlands, providing employment and regeneration.
