LONDON: Jaguar Land Rover has opened a new manufacturing facility and Education Business Partnership Center in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The plant inauguration represents the first time a UK automotive group has opened a production center in Latin America.
Jaguar Land Rover’s new factory in Itatiaia is also the company’s first wholly-owned overseas facility and marks a further phase in its global expansion strategy following the opening of its Chinese joint venture factory in 2014.
The creation of new international factories allows Jaguar Land Rover to offer its customers more new models, protect against currency fluctuations and create a globally competitive business.
The new facility will build both the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport for Brazilian customers.
Vehicles will be on sale in dealers across Brazil this month.
At the plant inauguration, Wolfgang Stadler, executive director, manufacturing, said: “The opening of Jaguar Land Rover’s new world-class facility in Brazil marks the latest exciting milestone in our global expansion.”
Jaguar Land Rover opens factory in Brazil
Jaguar Land Rover opens factory in Brazil
