Business breakfast with Agratas - December 2024

The gigafactory will be built on the Gravity site at Puriton, near Bridgwater and represents a £4 billion investment in Somerset, which will directly create 4,000 new jobs and thousands more in the wider supply chain.

Battery production is due to begin in 2026 and by the early 2030s it will contribute almost half of the projected battery manufacturing capacity required for the UK automotive sector.

Agratas is working closely with a host of local and regional partners, including Somerset Council, Bridgwater & Taunton College and the wider Gravity Smart Campus, to deliver bespoke education and training programmes in the region, creating local jobs for local people.

We will be hearing from guest speaker Simon Baldey – Senior Vice-President of Operations for Agratas.

Simon oversees Agratas's operations in the UK as the Tata-owned company progresses with construction of its battery cell manufacturing facility at the Gravity Smart Campus near J23, in Bridgwater. He joined Agratas from Jaguar Land Rover, where he was Technical and Operations Director, having previously spent over 15 years at Rolls Royce.

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