Sapa Welsh plant

Sapa has re-opened its factory in Bedwas, Wales to supply the growing automotive industry demand for lightweight body structure solutions. The first customer to be supplied from the refurbished facility will be London Electrical Vehicle Company (LEVC), who has developed an all new zero emissions capable black cab. Sapa is investing £9.6 million in the plant refurbishment and new equipment to supply advanced aluminium components. The investment is backed by £550,000 from the Welsh Government which helped secure the project for Wales as Sapa looked into production at another European Sapa facility with spare capacity. In excess of 130 jobs…