Indian automaker Tata Motors is seeking to expand its wholly owned British luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) vehicle manufacturing plant in Halewood, UK.
The expansion of JLR's plant in north-west England would be carried out through funds of GBP2.75bn that the carmaker has allocated for capital expenditure in the UK in 2014.
JLR is also mulling over expanding its Solihull facility in the West Midlands to facilitate new Jaguar launches.
The Sunday Times cited JLR spokesperson as saying that the investment plan has been delayed over the threat of a forthcoming strike by DHL workers, who supply parts to the JLR's production lines.
"It is not going to derail the investment because this is going to build capacity for the next five years. It is just difficult to green light the investment until the DHL situation has been resolved," the spokesperson said.
Expansions at UK facilities are in line with JLR's plans to launch 40 new models in the following five years and to double its car sales to about 750,000 by 2015.
