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Prime minister stresses need for high-tech manufacturing growth

18 November 2011
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Prime minister stresses need for high-tech manufacturing growthThe task of improving manufacturing processes is one Britain needs to grasp to ensure there is more high-tech production like that at the McLaren Formula One factory, the prime minister has said.

David Cameron made the comment as he opened the new McLaren plant at Woking in Surrey, an event at which team principal Ron Dennis and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jensen Button were present.

He said Formula One car making is a "massive British success story", adding that the new plant is "a great reminder that actually in Britain we do still have world class engineering, world class manufacturing, world class production techniques".

But Britain needs more manufacturing of this kind, the prime minister noted, stating the leaders of the other main political parties share this view, as all three were at the launch of a £1 million engineering prize this week.

With the present Formula One seasons almost at an end, the McLaren team is set to finish second in the constructor's championship behind Red Bull.
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