Just under 200 contract jobs are going at Ford Bridgend Engine Plant.
The cut-back in May follows the end of production of a six cylinder in-line engine for Volvo.
Sixty workers will be relocated to other lines in the plant making Ford four-cylinder engines and V6 and V8 cylinder engines for Jaguar Land Rover.
In a statement, Ford said, “Approximately 200 temporary contract employees at Bridgend Engine Plant involved in the staged run out of a customer six-cylinder engine are to be released on schedule in 2015.”
The plant makes petrol engines for Ford and JLR models sold around the world and since it opened in 1980 has assembled about 15 Million engines.
Media reports this week said Ford has asked the Welsh Government for £15M grant to make new investment in the Bridgend facility and the UK’s leading automotive economist Prof Garel Rhys said it was part of a multi-million pound project to bring the new 3-cylinder 1.5 litre Dragon petrol engine to South Wales next year.
A Welsh Government Spokesperson said, “Ford is a Welsh Government Anchor Company with whom we work closely. We were aware these 200 temporary contract employees were to be released on schedule due to work on a specific production line being phased out as planned.”
