A car parts factory in Llanelli will be able to expand
thanks to the offer of a £3.2 million grant from the Welsh Assembly.
The Car Parts maker Calsonic Kansei makes engine cooling and
air-conditioning systems for a number of
car manufacturers.
The plant manager said that the offer of money was crucial
in securing investment for a required expansion to the plant, and that the
grant had coincided with a large new contract to provide Jaguar Range Rover,
who are now owned by the Indian Tata group, with car parts for the next generation
of Range Rovers.
The Welsh based firm, Calsonic Kansei employ 400 staff in Llanelli, and the Welsh assemblys’ Economic and Transport Minister, Iuean Wyn Jones, said that the grant would help to safeguard 237 of those jobs, and create 37 new jobs too.
The backing for this company in tough economic times shows a good degree of common sense by the welsh assembly, the best way out of a recession is to grow your way out, and by supporting this company the assembly are helping to grow a viable business, and boost the local economy.
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