After signing an investment deal with the Welsh Development Agency, construction was started on the greenfield site in 1977. The 1,525,270 square feet (141,702 m²) plant began production in 1980, and specialises in producing petrol engines.
The plant currently produces the following Ford products:
Jaguar Land Rover have a "plant-within-a-plant" at Bridgend, which saved considerable investment costs by JLR. Staffed by workers dedicated to Jaguar production of the AJ-V8 engine, it includes a linked flow-line of computer numerically controlled machines with automated loading and assembly. Component supply is on a "just-in-time" basis. [4][5][6][7]
Arena Motorsport • Chevron Cars • Cosworth • Engine Developments Ltd. • Force India • Ford World Rally Team • Hewland • Lister Cars • Lola Cars • Lotus Racing • McLaren • Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines • Mercedes GP • M-Sport • Munchi's Ford World Rally Team • Prodrive • Red Bull Racing • Renault F1 • Ricardo • RML Group • Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team • Team Dynamics • Triple 8 Race Engineering • Van Diemen • Virgin Racing • Williams F1 • Wirth Research • Xtrac • Zytek Motorsport
The AA • Autoglass • Auto Windscreens • Halfords • Inchcape • Kwik-Fit • Lex Vehicle Leasing • Lookers • Pendragon • RAC
Suppliers and consultancies
Caparo Vehicle Technologies • Cosworth • Cummins UK • GKN • Johnson Matthey • Lotus Engineering • MIRA • Perkins Engines • Pilkington • Quaife • Ricardo • Tata Steel Europe • Tomkins • Transport Research Laboratory • Unipart • Warwick Manufacturing Group • Zytek
Government and regulatory bodies
Department for Transport • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency • Driving Standards Agency • Vehicle Certification Agency • Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
