Nexen Lift Trucks to bring manufacturing back to the UK

Nexen has announced that following fast on its decision to move its entire R & D programme from its manufacturing facility in Taiwan to the UK, it has also decided to move the production of its successful "X" range to its home base at Lowestoft Suffolk. Tim Mason, UK managing director, said: "We have an extensive programme of new models in the pipeline that are to be added to our existing range and we can now oversee and control the time taken to get these trucks from the development stage into full production. This will also meet the concerns of several major component suppliers being reluctant to release specialised development items to Taiwan given the proximity of China. We have therefore taken the very big decision to move all of our Research and Development activities to our European headquarters in the UK. We believe that this will allow us to expand our range at a dramatically faster rate than previously and at the same time, meet the constantly increasing demand being placed on our production schedule following our very positive launch into the North American market. These new models and others from the "X" range will also be produced at our new production facility in the UK."