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Ford Rheinland 1932. In March 1929 General Motors purchased a controlling 80% holding in Opel. Henry Ford's reaction was a prompt decision to build a complete Ford auto-factory in Germany, and before the end of 1929 a site at Cologne made available by the mayor of the city, Konrad Adenauer, [4] was acquired by Ford. [5]
The following is a list of current, former, and confirmed future facilities of Ford Motor Company for manufacturing automobiles and other components. Per regulations, the factory is encoded into each vehicle's VIN as character 11 for North American models, and character 8 for European models.
Ford is cutting the work hours of about 2,300 workers at its manufacturing plant in Cologne, Germany, citing "rapidly deteriorating market conditions" for its electric vehicles.
Ford of Europe was founded in 1967 by the merger of Ford of Britain, Ford Germany, and Irish Henry Ford & Son Ltd divisions of the Ford Motor Company. The front-engined Ford Transit range of panel vans launched in 1965, was the first formal co-operation between the two entities, simultaneously developed to replace the German Ford Taunus Transit and the British Ford Thames 400E.
Cologne Body & Assembly is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory in the Niehl quarter, Nippes district of Cologne, Germany, spanning 628,500 square feet (14.43 acresThis factory is not to be confused with the smaller development and spare parts center to the north, in Merkenich, part of Chorweiler district.
U.S. automaker Ford plans to cut more than 5,000 jobs in Germany and will reduce its workforce in Britain as well as it seeks to return to profit in Europe, the company said on Friday. Ford has ...
[6] [7] [8] Ford Werke and Ford SAF (Ford's subsidiaries in Germany and France, respectively) produced military vehicles and other equipment for Nazi Germany's war effort. Some of Ford's operations in Germany at the time were run using forced labor. When the U.S. Army liberated the Ford plants in Cologne and Berlin, they found "destitute ...
"You asked Ford to make the Very Gay Raptor a reality… and we heard you." Ford Germany unveils ‘very gay’ truck, painted in glitter gold and rainbow colors, in epic response to homophobes ...