Wrightbus bets on hydrogen buses
A Northern Irish firm stakes its future on clean transport
Smoking once put money into the pockets of the people of Ballymena. More than 2,000 people were employed making Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut cigarettes at the Gallaher’s factory in the Northern Irish town. Shifting consumer preferences and globalisation ate away at the business; the final workers were laid off in 2017 when production moved to Poland. Now the former tobacco factory is at the forefront of an altogether cleaner industry.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Bus swap”
Britain May 6th 2023
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