A BURNLEY car parts manufacturer has exhibited a new prestige vehicle that the firm will be essential to the manufacturing of.

BCW Manufacturing Group was selected to exhibit the new Jaguar Land Rover Defender thanks to the Innovation Drive based firm’s involvement in the vehicle’s supply chain.

BCW builds and assembles body structures for a various iconic cars for different companies, with Land Rover a noteworthy partner.

A BCW spokesperson said: “It’s a one-stop shop that, thanks to the breadth of the companies within the group that owns BCW, sources raw materials, aluminium for its Land Rover products, cuts this into billet, extrudes this metal, machines it, coats it, anodises it or passivates it.

“It has a company that recycles the waste, too, and a business that supplies the automation expertise.

“Automation is key in the production process, and BCW’s knowledge here means it can also advise Land Rover on the bottlenecks at certain points on the production line, helping tweak the flow of parts to improve efficiency, in turn potentially improving the design of given part.

“The relationship these businesses have is symbiotic; it’s a two-way process, and when you’re manufacturing enough components for 4,000 cars per week like BCW does, a few seconds saved on each one can translate into millions of pounds. Time is money.”

The company exhibited the Defender in trade publication, Auto Express Magazine.

This included the vehicle being driven on to the factory floor, amongst the machines and operators who have played a key role in its production.

This comes off the back of a highly successful period for the company.

A spokesperson said: “In five years BCW the parts manufacturer has nearly tripled its annual turnover from just under £16 million, and in the space of another five years has ambitions to grow to the point where its revenue hits £100 million a year.”