Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover to double size of Engine Plant

Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is going to double the size of its Engine Manufacturing Centre (EMC) as part of a Pound 450 million expansion programme. The EMC is home to the high technology, low emission Ingenium engine. The company's total investment that started a year ago, now stands at Pound 1 billion making the most significant new automotive manufacturing facility to be built in the UK in the last decade. Within a year, the Midland based facility has moved from prototype production to full-scale manufacturing of engines.

The Ingenium engine was launched initially in the Jaguar XE in April 2015 and further in the Discovery Sport. Both are the most significant products launched from the British manufacturer, accounting for sales of 65800 YTD (year to date).The EMC has achieved its importance in the JLR's UK manufacturing operations supplying all three vehicle plants with engines which also power the Range Rover Evoque, the all-new Jaguar XF and soon to be launched ground breaking Jaguar FPACE.

The JLR will increase the operational footprint of the EMC to 2 lakh square meters from 1 lakh square meters to cater to the delivery of new products to customers. The plant size will be of 28 football pitches. The manufacturing facility provides cleaner and more efficient engines. The EMC is one of JLR's four UK based manufacturing facilities.

Tata Motors shareholding pattern indicates that FII holdings expanded by 97 basis points to 21.46 per cent and DII holdings also expanded by 125 basis points to 17.7 per cent during September 2015 quarter. The share price of the company declined by 0.2 per cent on bourses and closed at Rs 401.05 on November 24,2015.

Tata Motors is in the business of making automobile products consisting of all types of commercial and passenger vehicles, including financing of the vehicles sold by the Company. Its automotive segment operations include all activities relating to the development, design, manufacture, assembly and sale of vehicles, including vehicle financing, as well as sale of related parts and accessories. Tata Motors' automotive operations are further subdivided into Tata and other brand vehicles (including vehicle financing) and Jaguar Land Rover. The company's vehicles are marketed in countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, South Asia, South America, Australia, Commonwealth of Independent States and Russia.