3 min read - 10 Oct, 2025
Norton Motorcycles to invest £250m in Solihull site
Nearly 7,000 new jobs will be created in the UK thanks to a raft of major new deals secured by the Prime Minister during his visit to India this week.
A total of 64 Indian companies will collectively invest £1.3bn into a range of UK sectors, including engineering, manufacturing, and technology, demonstrating the impact the UK-India trade deal is already having on investor confidence.
Notably, in Solihull, TVS Motor Company will invest £250m over the next five years to expand its Norton Motorcycles operations and develop next-generation electric vehicles. The investment will create 300 new jobs and enable collaborations with UK research institutions such as the University of Warwick for mobility research and product development.
Additional investments in the manufacturing and engineering sectors include:
• A £100m investment by Hero Motors Company in the UK over the next five years through its engineering and design competencies in e-mobility, e-bicycles, and aerospace, creating 300 jobs for its businesses of Hewland Engineering and Insync.
• Enviro Control will invest £32m in the UK to establish an innovation hub and manufacturing facility, advancing AI-driven water reuse, solar desalination and net zero goals, while creating over 100 skilled jobs.
• Modtech will be investing £17m to advance automation and investment casting technologies, creating 50 skilled jobs and strengthening sustainable, innovation-led manufacturing links between India and the UK.
• NMT Engineering and Services will be investing £4.76m, creating 15 skilled jobs to manufacture precision components and assemblies for renewable energy, defence, and aerospace, strengthening India-UK industrial innovation.
Among a raft of new deals, TVS Motor Company is to invest £250m over the next five years to expand its Norton Motorcycles operations in the UK / Picture: Norton Motorcycles
Sudarshan Venu, chairman and managing director, TVS Motor Company, said: “TVS Motor has had a long association with the UK and over the years new facets have been added – engineering and technology, academia partnerships and scholarships, and e-bikes. Now Norton Motorcycles, the storied British marque, is poised to open a new chapter of resurgence and global expansion with TVS Motor’s backing. We are excited about the future and look forward to continued growth.”
Kishansinh Gohil, managing director at Modtech, said: “The UK’s strengths in robotics, digital twin and AI technologies, and precision casting make it an ideal base for Modtech’s innovation-led expansion. Our investment will advance high-performance industrial processes, strengthen local supply chains, generate skilled jobs in the region, and reinforce the UK’s role in shaping the future of precision engineering through global collaboration.”
The UK-India trade deal will reduce tariffs on imports from the UK to India and vice versa. India is already the UK’s second largest investor, and more than 1,000 Indian companies operate in the UK, supporting millions of UK jobs.
