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3 April 2012
Nearly all of the suppliers to BMW’s new £400 million Hams Hall engine plant near Birmingham will be based on the continent, according to Colin Mitchell, the plant’s managing director.
Nearly all of the suppliers to BMW’s new £400 million Hams Hall engine plant near Birmingham will be based on the continent, according to Colin Mitchell, the plant’s managing director. Of the 98 component suppliers, 69 are from Germany, 17 elsewhere in Europe, and just eight are based in the UK. Mitchell has blamed the strength of sterling for the decision.