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Nissan’s Sunderland Plant, in partnership with One North East, has won a contract to assemble a new petrol engine from next year, securing future engine production on Wearside.

Assembly of the 2.0 litre engine, codenamed ‘MR’, will immediately safeguard up to 130 jobs with the expectation that an additional 200 posts will be created by 2013 depending on the market.

The contract has been secured through a £1.94 million grant from One North East, supporting a £12.92 million investment by Nissan over the next four years to upgrade and install new facilities allowing around 65,000 engines to be produced annually from May 2010.

Submitted by: Sunderland Business Network