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the quality of their products, Vauxhall Motors Ltd, are now operating a new centre which is responsible for all quality-control operations at the Luton and Dunstahle factories.
Set up at a cost of £300,000. the new centre which has a floor area of 17,000 sq. ft.—houses a fine-measurement room, a department called inspection headquarters (which deals with the suitability of brought-in materials ranging from soft trim to heavy forgings and castings), a tool inspection section and finally the reliability department.
The centre's activities are duplicated to a certain extent at the Ellesmere Port factory by a smaller but equally as wellequipped unit.
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