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1,700 new jobs at JLR

Jaguar Land Rover says it's creating 1,700 new jobs and investing another £1.5bn into its factory at Solihull.

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Unite: 'JLR is a great British success story'

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has described Jaguar Land Rover as a 'great British success story.'

It comes as the company announced it is creating 1,700 new jobs and investing another £1.5bn into its factory at Solihull.

JLR is a great British success story, and this new investment in jobs and skills ought to maintain its global reputation for world class vehicles.

The UK workforce, with their skills and dedication, are at the heart of this success story.

This investment is their due reward and we are delighted that JLR has committed further to Britain.

– Unite general secretary Len McCluskey

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JLR commits to United Kingdom with investment

Jaguar Land Rover is creating 1,700 new jobs and investing another £1.5bn into its factory at Solihull.

The firm will build a new plant on the site to make aluminium body panels and a final assembly line.

Speaking at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, Dr Ralf Speth, told the world's media about the businesses commitment to the United Kingdom.

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David Cameron: JLR jobs 'a great vote of confidence'

The Prime Minister has tweeted saying the 1,700 new jobs and a £1.5bn investment by Jaguar Land Rover is a 'great vote of confidence.'

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Vince Cable: 'Jaguar project is ground-breaking'

Business Secretary Vince Cable has said Jaguar's 'ground-breaking' project takes the company to a 'new level'.

Business Secretary Vince Cable at the Jaguar Land Rover Halewood Operations Plant, Halewood, Liverpool. Credit: Dave Thompson/PA Archive/Press Association Image

He said: "Jaguar Land Rover has been experiencing great success over the last couple of years but this ground-breaking project takes Jaguar on to the next level.

"This all-aluminium architecture project typifies the type of innovative and high value R&D that the UK excels in and government is supporting through the automotive industrial strategy."

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Jaguar jobs boost to extend aluminium model range

Jaguar's £1.5 billion investment at its plant in Solihull will go towards developing technically-advanced aluminium parts for future models.

The first model to show the technology will be a mid-sized sports saloon car, due to be launched in 2015.

Jaguar Land Rover chief executive Dr Ralf Speth announced the investment at the Frankfurt Motor show:

At Jaguar Land Rover we place the customer at the heart of everything we do and the introduction of a world class all-new aluminium vehicle architecture means we will be more competitive, flexible and efficient delivering exciting new products for our customers around the world.

Jaguar Land Rover is a business driven by design, technology and innovation and this investment and level of job creation is yet further evidence of our commitment to advancing the capability of the UK automotive sector and its supply chain.

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