FORD EUROPE PLANNIG TO BECOME LEAN AND MEAN, BUT WILL IT CONTINUE TO SHED CAPACITY?
February 11th, 2023
Ford Europe’s February 14 announcement that it will axe 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years is designed to ensure the US major’s European arm survives as a more focused electric vehicle (EV) brand, but some experts wonder Ford can prevent this key wing downsizing further in future.
Ford Europe, which manufactures in Cologne, Germany; Valencia, Spain; Dunton, Essex (research), Halewood (transmission) and Dagenham (assembly) in the UK; and at a joint venture with Turkey-based Koç Holding in Craiova, Romania and Kocaeli, Turkey, said the ...
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