Gestamp invests 130 mln EUR in new aluminium plant in Slovakia, Nitra

Gestamp, the multinational company specialized in the design, development and manufacture of highly engineered metal components for the automotive industry, today inaugurated a new plant specializing in aluminum in Nitra (Slovakia). Gestamp invested nearly 130 million euros into the new facility that intends to serve Jaguar Land Rover who recently started operations in Slovakia. More concretely, the production of Gestamp Nitra is focused on the Discovery model currently being produced onsite. It will also manufacture parts for the New Defender model planned to start production in 2019. The plant manufactures several skin panels and structural parts for the body mainly out of aluminum, a material in which, together with steel, Gestamp is highly specialized in. With a workforce of nearly 200 employees, the new state-of-the-art plant has a strategic location within Slovakia.

Francisco J. Riberas, the Gestamp’ s Executive Chairman, highlighted: “We always accompany our clients where they require us, which is exactly what we have done in this case: We have moved to Slovakia to proficiently serve Jaguar Land Rover with the highest standards in a plant that intends to be the Slovakian press shop of our client”...

source:gestamp.com