Parent company AAM blamed the company's largest customer not extending business for the closure.
Parent company American Axle & Manufacturing have decided to close the site.Albion Automotive will shut on 4 October, after parent company American Axle & Manufacturing decided it could not continue due to "long-term business with its largest customer not being extended".
In recent years the company had cut back on staff to try and save costs as it struggled with pricing pressures across the automotive industry. The Scotstoun works has been part of the city since 1903, when it was set up by the fledging Albion Motor Car Company Ltd and made trucks and buses.By 1980 the site was no longer making vehicles but axles, with the the automotive components part of the business transferred to the new Albion Automotives company after Leyland DAF entered receivership in 1993.
"Unite will continue to work hard to explore retraining opportunities and alternative job roles for our members because these highly-skilled workers are essential to our local economy.”
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