Samsung joins renewables jobs surge with plans for Scottish wind turbine plant

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Korean engineering giant to create 500 new jobs with Fife offshore wind turbine facility

Engineering giant Samsung has become the latest global manufacturer to announce plans for a British wind turbine plant, confirming today that it is to open a new facility in Fife that is expected to create...

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