Manufacturing Conference Factory Tours

For more information on any of the factory tours organised by Works Management including site details and agendas, please contact jknox@findlay.co.uk or call +44 (0)1322 221 144.

Partners:

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover At Castle Bromwich, JLR carries out body assembly, paint and trim, and final assembly for all Jaguar XF, XJ and XK vehicles. The site covers 93 acres in total – including 1.4 million square feet of manufacturing space – and employs around 3,500 people.

Read more about: www.jaguarlandrover.com

Britvic

Britvic Britvic is one of Europe’s leading soft drinks companies, employing over 3,500 people with an enviable portfolio of market-leading brands, such as Robinsons, J20, Fruit Shoot, Tango and Drench. It has exclusive bottling agreements with PepsiCo in the UK and Ireland for global brands such as Pepsi and 7UP.

Goodrich

With over 50 years experience Goodrich Actuation Systems is a market leader in the supply of fault tolerant flight controls. We can deliver complete systems with a range of technology options including hydraulic, fly-by-wire and power-by-wire. We work closely with our customers to ensure the system is optimized and that the required functionality, safety, reliability and availability are provided at the minimum cost to the aircraft. With over 2,000 dedicated employees and world class manufacturing and repair facilities, Goodrich Actuation Systems provides all the services you expect and more from a world leading supplier of actuation systems, striving to develop excellent solutions for both civil and military customers.

GKN, Erdington

The Erdington site manufactures the most extensive and widely-used range of driveline components in the automotive industry. It covers every application from entry level front wheel drive vehicles to the most sophisticated four wheel drive vehicles.

The plant began a £7m modernisation programme in 2009 and is a hub for GKN drivelines product range including sideshafts, propshafts, mechanically and electronically controlled torque management systems and associated geared components.

B Hepworth, Redditch

Find out how Heijunka and visual management have delivered a competitive advantage at the windscreen wiper systems manufacturer whose products include a performance windscreen wiper system that allowed the driver of the world’s fastest train to see at speeds of nearly 260mph.

B Hepworth manufactures market leading wiper systems for the marine, rail and commercial industries.

The company ranked 26th in a Sunday Times poll ranking UK companies international sales growth. B Hepworth international sales increased more than trebled to £10 million between 2007 and 2010.