GKN controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Melrose faces backlash over GKN plant closure
Public backlash
Melrose faced backlash after its boss called the closure of GKN’s Erdington car-components plant difficult but unavoidable. Trade unionists accused him of making misleading claims and demanded that he correct the record; Melrose denied the union’s characterization of the plant.
Company response
Denial — Melrose
Melrose denied that last night, saying: 'Erdington is an assembly operation and any attempt to characterise it any other way is misleading.'
Source excerpt
Melrose denied that last night, saying: 'Erdington is an assembly operation and any attempt to characterise it any other way is misleading.'
Hours later, trade unionists accused him of making 'misleading' claims and demanded he correct the record.
The boss of Melrose faced a backlash after claiming that the closure of GKN's last British automotive plant was 'difficult' but unavoidable.