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UYT sold to Covpress owner in £30m deal

Chinese parent company Yongtai takes over Canley firm UYT which supplies car components to Honda in a move expected to create 100 jobs

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Car parts company UYT has been sold to the Chinese owners of Covpress in a deal worth almost £30 million which is expected to create 100 jobs.

The in July 2013, say contracts for the acquisition are set to be signed in Coventry today.

The deal will safeguard 400 jobs at the Canley-based business, which is a supplier of car components, chiefly to Honda.

And bosses say the move will also create a further 100 jobs at UYT over the next two years.

The plant, in Renown Avenue, is near the Covpress factory in Burnsall Road, which was also sold to the Chinese industrial powerhouse - together with a British partnership - in a deal worth £30million, two years ago.

Since the buyout of the body panel supplier, the new owners have invested a further £25 million in the business and created a number of new jobs.

The buyout in 2013 was one of the biggest investments by a Chinese firm in º£½ÇÊÓÆµ industry and was branded "a huge leap forward" for the business.

The Yongtai Group says the combined workforce on the site will soon be more than 1,200 people.