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Textile firm to create 400 jobs at former tyre plant

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The company, which will become a main shareholder in the MSIP, said transport will be provided for Kirriemuir staff to the new site, which is 18 miles away.

Michelin announced its intention to leave Dundee in 2018, citing “unsuitable market conditions”.

The tyre giant said a shift in the industry towards low-cost products manufactured in Asia meant the site, which had been operating for almost 50 years, had suffered.

Workers made more than 300 million car tyres from its opening in 1971 until it closed.

The site, which was retained as an economic hub by the Scottish government, currently has 16 tenant companies and 190 workers.

It includes an innovation hub and labs and a skills academy led by Dundee and Angus College.

The Wilkie deal will almost restore the workforce lost when the tyre plant closed.


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