Schaeffler sells UK factory in job-securing deal

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George Varghese

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Reuters

May 08, 2019 08:12 AM

German supplier Schaeffler has sold its Barden factory in Plymouth, south-west England, to a division of HQW Precision, securing nearly 400 jobs.

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