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Jaguar Land Rover begins 24 hour shift
09:00 (GMT+2), Fri, 17 August 2012

MOTORING NEWS - For the first time in half a century, workers at the Halewood factory near Liverpool will work around the clock to meet strong global demand for the Range Rover Evoque as a result of a third shift being introduced.

Since its launch in July 2011, the Range Rover Evoque has achieved worldwide sales success, with nearly 88 000 vehicles sold in more than 170 markets.

Jaguar Land Rover announced in March that Halewood would move to 24 hour production and launched a recruitment campaign to hire 1 000 new production operators, supervisors and engineers. They arel manufacturing the Range Rover Evoque and updated Land Rover Freelander 2 models across three shifts including a new night shift which begins at 21.30.

Halewood Operations Director, Richard Else, said: "Our new recruits have worked hard during their assessments and extensive induction training. Many have also worked a number of trial night shifts during July."