1,000 new jobs as Siemens project is given green light
Siemens has announced its wind turbine production projects in East Yorkshire will go ahead with the creation of 1,000 new jobs.
Siemens factory to be ready in time for Hull City of Culture
MatthewChinn, Managing Director of Siemens Energy UK & Ireland, has said that green lighting the manufacturing sites in Hull and East Yorkshire will mean a regeneration for the area.
Siemens says that Green Port Hull is also a landmark moment for the Humber region, promising regeneration and the creation of many hundreds of new jobs and new skills.
The manufacturing plans will help create around 1,000 jobs - 550 at the blade factory and 450 at Green Port Hull. The factory is expected to be up and running by 2017, in time for Hull to be City of Culture.
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