Tata says ByeBye to another few hundred

[mos]

I will not buy anything owned by Tata in principle .

Same here ... its pity that they got their hands on the Iconic English brands.

[mos]

Given that we write or test or project manager computer software to automate tasks and remove the need for manual intervention in processes we are hardly in a position to complain when other people do the same.

The simple fact is that would is becoming more and more automated and less and less manual labour is required.

Improvement and automation of the production process is all good, why on earth do you have to shift jobs to China to achieve it?

[fullyautomatix]

Hardly scandalous, is it? Do you suggest they keep unprofitable plants open?

Jaguar is profitable. Not sure about the Steel mills being profitable but if they were not profitable then why buy them ?

[cailin maith]

Janey Mac, Tata own every fecking thing. Did you know, they own Tetley tea bags? Seriously, isn't that just bonkers?

[DodgyAgent]

I will not buy anything owned by Tata in principle .

So tell us who you would buy a car from then?

[eek]

Improvement and automation of the production process is all good, why on earth do you have to shift jobs to China to achieve it?

They are not shifting car jobs to China there are more jobs here and more jobs there.

The article is about Tata closing down another unprofitable part of Corus / British steel or 30 years of underinvest comes home to roost.

[SupremeSpod]

Jaguar is profitable. Not sure about the Steel mills being profitable but if they were not profitable then why buy them ?

Remove the competition and snaffle their IP.

Simples.

[mos]

30 years of underinvest comes home to roost.

So why have they bought these in the first place? I suspect that the regeneration and investments were the part of the deal.

[fullyautomatix]

Remove the competition and snaffle their IP.

Simples.

Not really. I dont think Tatas are that clever. Error in judgement is more likely to be the case. From what I recall, the annual income of Corus Steel was much higher than Tata Steel but they still went ahead with the purchase so they could compete with Arcelor Mittal.

[hyperD]

So why have they bought these in the first place? I suspect that the regeneration and investments were the part of the deal.

I'm sure Carbon Credits has something to do with it.