Cab production China move costs jobs

Mar 17 2010 By nebusiness

Production of the body panels and chassis for the iconic London cab will be shifted to China in a move costing 60 jobs, it was announced today.

Manganese Bronze said the parts for its TX4 vehicles will be made in Shanghai after a key UK supplier’s decision to cease production of a specialist painting process later this year.

Manganese’s Coventry-based London Taxis International arm has manufactured the cabs since 1948, but it will now move to an assembly role.