JCA (Telford) Metals are part of Johnson Controls which has 140,000 employees in more than 1,300 locations serving customers in 125 countries. Founded in 1885, the company has its headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Telford plant manufactures and assembles components for a range of automotive seating for Toyota, LandRover and Volvo. They have an in-house design facility for new seating systems. They have 3 different production lines showing manual and robotic assembly of car seating tracks, latches, height adjusters, manual and power recliners.
| Typical Itinery | |
|---|---|
| Introduction H&s talk | 10 mins |
| Introduction to Company | 20 mins |
| Factory tour looking at product design and production lines | 45 mins |
| Summary Q&A session | 10 mins |
| Total Time | 1hr 25 mins |
| Curriculum Focus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visit | Focus | Curriculum Focus | Age Group | Days & Times |
| 1 | Design, production and despatch | GCSE Engineering or Manufacturing Alevel Product Design | Y10/11 Y12/13 | by arrangement |
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Shropshire,Telford & Wrekin Education Business Partnership Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Education Business Partnership The Glebe Centre Glebe Street Wellington Telford TF1 1JY |