McLaren Automotive gets keys to new McLaren Composites Technology Centre
01 Jun 2018|2,882 views
A significant milestone was reached as the 'key' to the building that will house the new McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) was handed over to McLaren Automotive ahead of final fitting out. The MCTC in the Sheffield region will be the Yorkshire-based facility where McLaren will innovate the process for making the ultra lightweight and strong carbon fibre tubs that are at the heart of all of its luxury family of sportscars and supercars.
The finished tubs will then be sent to the McLaren Production Centre in Surrey where the company's vehicles have been hand-assembled since 2011. When open, the MCTC will be home to only McLaren's second ever production facility and the first outside its native Woking.
Around 45 McLaren employees are already housed at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, innovating the process for creating lightweight tubs and when fully operational, the team will grow to around 200 people. Carbon fibre has long been a part of McLaren's DNA; the company having introduced the very first carbon fibre chassis into Formula One in 1981. Carbon fibre's innate strength and lightweight properties mean that the company has never made a race car, sports car or supercar without it since.
A significant milestone was reached as the 'key' to the building that will house the new McLaren Composites Technology Centre (MCTC) was handed over to McLaren Automotive ahead of final fitting out. The MCTC in the Sheffield region will be the Yorkshire-based facility where McLaren will innovate the process for making the ultra lightweight and strong carbon fibre tubs that are at the heart of all of its luxury family of sportscars and supercars.
The finished tubs will then be sent to the McLaren Production Centre in Surrey where the company's vehicles have been hand-assembled since 2011. When open, the MCTC will be home to only McLaren's second ever production facility and the first outside its native Woking.
Around 45 McLaren employees are already housed at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, innovating the process for creating lightweight tubs and when fully operational, the team will grow to around 200 people. Carbon fibre has long been a part of McLaren's DNA; the company having introduced the very first carbon fibre chassis into Formula One in 1981. Carbon fibre's innate strength and lightweight properties mean that the company has never made a race car, sports car or supercar without it since.
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