BBC NEWS | England | Lancashire | 230 jobs cut at exhaust factory More than 230 jobs could be shed at a US-owned car components factory. Arvin Exhausts, based on the Squires Gate industrial estate, Blackpool, blamed declining demand and increasing costs for the decision. The factory, which has 232 workers, makes exhausts for light vehicles and is part of the larger Arvinmeritor company based in the United States.
