BPW Increases Investment into the UK

Following a multi-million pound investment, BPW has now completed Phase 1 of its expansion plan to introduce an axle assembly line into the UK site in Leicester.

Having assembled over 250,000 suspensions to axles in the UK over the last 10 years, this investment in axle assembly significantly increases the manufacturing scope and scale of its UK operation.

With the first axles produced in September, the new assembly line, with its fully trained production team, allows BPW UK greater flexibility in terms of specific axle requirements, and reduces risks of cross border supply after the Brexit transition period ends.

Until now the UK’s axles have been assembled in the company’s mainland Europe production sites. For BPW KG to move the assembly of axles into the hands of the UK reflects the loyalty that it has to the market, and further endorses the company’s willingness to invest long term in UK trailer manufacturing and the transport sector.