# McLaren Automotive opens $65M chassis facility in Rotherham, England

McLaren Automotive opened a £50 million ($65 million) Composites Technology Centre in Rotherham, England, to produce carbon fibre chassis, moving production from Austria. The facility is expected to create over 200 jobs when it reaches full production in 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-11-14
- Where: Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
- Value: $65.0M (50.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: completed
- Products: carbon fibre chassis
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [McLaren Automotive](https://endata.com/companies/16801.md)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/business/mclaren-automotive-opens-65-million-english-chassis-facility-idUSKCN1NJ1Y7/), 2018-11-14: "British sports-car maker McLaren Automotive opened a 50-million pound northern English factory on Wednesday where it will make carbon fibre chassis."

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