# Liberty to build £120M alloy wheel factory in Fort William, Scotland

Liberty Industries Group, part of GFG Alliance, is planning a £120 million alloy wheel factory in Fort William, Scotland, which will take liquid metal from the adjacent Liberty British Aluminium smelter. The plant is expected to create around 400 jobs and produce wheels for at least a fifth of UK-made cars from 2022 onwards.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-02-14
- Where: Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Value: $155.0M (120.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Products: alloy wheels
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Liberty Industries Group](https://endata.com/companies/37340.md)
- [GFG Alliance](https://endata.com/companies/19734.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [tyrepress.com](https://www.tyrepress.com/2019/02/engineers-working-on-120-million-fort-william-alloy-wheel-factory/), 2019-02-14: "The £120 million plant project, which will take its liquid metal directly from the adjacent Liberty British Aluminium smelter at Fort William, is expected to create around 400 jobs"

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