Twenty extra jobs are promised from a proposed plant extension at a thriving Belton business.
Autocraft Drivetrain Solutions is seeking planning consent for a 555 sq metre extension at its Syston Lane site.
Autocraft employs more than 200 staff at its existing 56,000 square metre plant in Belton and is the largest independent remanufacturer and assembler in Europe. Customers include Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Volvo, Aston Martin and JCB.
The company, formed in the 1970s, has seen turnover treble in the past seven years. It makes 20,000 engines a year, three-quarters of which are exported overseas.
During the past 40 years, in excess of 350,000 new and remanufactured engines have been produced and supplied on behalf of its customers. More than 500,000 new machine engine and drivetrain components were also made.