Meritor is to create 75 jobs at its Cwmbran facility. The automotive component manufacturer, which already employs 450 people at the site, has spent three years developing and testing a new range of air disc brakes for Scania; they will be launched next month.

Meritor has invested an estimated £25 million in the Grange Road facility since 2010.

General manager Tony Nicol said: “Securing this contract is of major strategic importance to us, and we are hiring an additional 75 people to service it. We have already taken
a number on board; the remainder will be brought in over the next six months.”

Welsh Assembly Economy Minister Edwina Hart said: “Meritor works in one of our key sectors. It is recognised as a regionally important company in terms of employment and its on-going investment at its Cwmbran base.”