Today, we have visited a factory for the first time. It is situated in industrial area and so it was quite difficult to find it. We have had a meeting with a nice person who explained us the different steps of the visit. First of all, we have seen a small film on the security, meanwhile they made our pass card. Then they gave us safety glasses and yellow security jacket. When everyone was ready we started the visit. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photo inside the factory, so I will try to describe it. It is a continuous production chain. So workers are always moving, they walk about 27 km per day. It is very huge but it is also a way to keep fit! They product one car every 97 sec. It seems massive but we have learned that British people who order a Land Rover have to wait for about 1 year. They build cars essentially for exportation. The factory is opened for 17 hours per day and 24h/24 during the summer, because the demand is higher and very important. During the visit, we have seen cars for China, Italy... The factory has a very good and elaborate organisation. As a visitor they expected us to be very carefully and respectful of the pedestrian lines, because it is like a small city. There are lot of handling car which circulate. We noted that the work was automated. The factory is composed of around 3 thousands workers but if we delete all the machine, the factory will need of 50 thousands workers. We could see all the steps of the construction of a Land Rover and it was very interesting and impressive to see this heavy production. Despite the prize high enough 35 million pounds, the market does not reduce. On the contrary, the Land Rover firm has just known its better three months.
