{"id":22017,"date":"2020-05-21T17:16:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=22017"},"modified":"2020-05-21T17:17:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:17:39","slug":"first-range-rover-made-under-social-distancing-measures-comes-off-jaguar-land-solihull-production-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/first-range-rover-made-under-social-distancing-measures-comes-off-jaguar-land-solihull-production-line\/","title":{"rendered":"First Range Rover Made Under Social Distancing Measures Comes Off Jaguar Land ‘Solihull Production Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, the first\u00a0Range Rover\u00a0made under new social distancing measures\u00a0drove off the production line at Jaguar Land Rover\u2019s manufacturing plant in Solihull, following the recent temporary pause in production due to the coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Effective social distancing, hygiene and health monitoring measures are in place following an extensive review of all production lines, engineering facilities, office areas and communal spaces as the company starts a phased return to manufacturing.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Employees\u2019 health and wellbeing are at the centre of this plan and, with the implementation of the new protocol, staff will experience a significant number of changes to their working day from the moment they enter the site.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Measures include temperature checks with thermal cameras, a two-metre distance between people wherever possible,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Personal Protective Equipment where that is not the case,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the introduction of one-way systems and enhanced cleaning at the plants. In addition, Jaguar Land Rover is offering\u00a0every employee\u00a0a reusable face visor made by the company.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Grant McPherson, Jaguar Land Rover Executive Director, Manufacturing, said:\u00a0\u201cSeeing the first Range Rover come off our line today is a defining moment for Jaguar Land Rover, for all of us who work for the company and the many businesses in our supply chain. It marks the end of our temporary shutdown and signals the beginning of a return to normality. But, of course, this is a new normal.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople will be experiencing many emotions, ranging from worry about hygiene to relief at being able to return to work and excitement at seeing colleagues again. The health and wellbeing of our employees has been our primary concern in the build-up to this point. Throughout the coming months, I know that as a team we will do all we can to \u2018Stay safe. Be kind. Stay well\u2019.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to new measures onsite, colleagues will be asked to take additional actions before returning to work. These include completing an online clinical questionnaire, signing up to a health and wellbeing charter, and monitoring their temperature at home before each shift.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr Steve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Iley<\/span><\/span>, Jaguar Land Rover\u2019s Chief Medical Officer, said:\u00a0\u201cWe have been going through unprecedented times and my thoughts are with everyone who has been impacted by COVID-19, as well as with the healthcare professionals, whose role fighting coronavirus is appreciated around the world.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cClearly the health, safety and wellbeing of the Jaguar Land Rover family is our primary concern. We have developed the most effective protocol and guidelines so that our people feel reassured about coming back to the workplace.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cOur measures are based on extensive medical and operational review, including lessons learned from our teams in China and Slovakia. We continue to monitor the\u00a0COVID-19 situation, following the guidance of all relevant authorities in the markets in which we operate, and will adapt quickly as that guidance changes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Des Quinn, Unite the Union National Officer, added:\u00a0“We are satisfied that Jaguar Land Rover has not only implemented government guidance but has gone above and beyond to satisfy and ensure as many safe systems as possible are in place from the minute employees arrive to the minute they leave work.”\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Production of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles has also resumed this week at Nitra (Slovakia) and Graz (Austria). Last week the team at the Engine Manufacturing Centre in Wolverhampton (UK) began building Ingenium engines again to enable the gradual return to vehicle production.\u00a0Manufacturing\u00a0will resume at Halewood (UK) on 8 June, starting with one shift. Small pockets of business-critical activity are taking place at Castle Bromwich as Jaguar Land Rover prepares for new model year introductions.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The company\u2019s joint-venture plant in Changshu (China) has been operational since the middle of February as vehicle sales recover there and customers return to showrooms following the easing of the lockdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As countries are relaxing distancing guidelines and retailers are reopening around the world, the restart of production at the company\u2019s other plants will be confirmed in due course.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, the first\u00a0Range Rover\u00a0made under new social distancing measures\u00a0drove off the production line at Jaguar Land Rover\u2019s manufacturing plant in Solihull, following the recent temporary pause in production due to the coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Effective social distancing, hygiene and health monitoring measures are in place following an extensive review of all production lines, engineering facilities, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22025,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22017\/revisions\/22025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}