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Tesla supplier LG Energy Solution (LGES) said it was looking at sites in Europe for an EV battery plant and would enhance production in Asia outside of China. LG Energy [...]

China's regulations on auto financing are due out at the beginning of 2003. After a lengthy delay, the draft regulations were finally distributed in October this year. This key market [...]

Ford Motor Co.'s European operations are likely to follow the model developed in Cologne, Germany, where the automaker has renovated it production facility to be one of the most technologically advanced in the world. The improvements will increase capacity by 45%, in part by adding a third shift. Ford plans upgrades at other European plants. Factors considered in site selection include proximity to market, government incentives, and a ready pool of labor and suppliers.

Byline: Hans Greimel Crossovers helped transform Ford Motor Co. from latecomer to a top contender in China. Now the Blue Oval is banking on eco cars to maintain that trajectory [...]

One of the most productive automobile stamping and assembly plants in North America is Ford Motor Co's plant in Hermosillo, Mexico, which has a sister plant in Wayne, MI. Ford goes through an extensive recruitment and training process for the Hermosillo plant, which includes the use of dexterity tests, aptitude tests, and a five-month training program. In contrast, the training program for the Wayne plant only lasts one month. The reasons for implementing a longer training program in Mexico include that the workers have less industrial experience, and training costs per employee are lower. The Hermosillo plant has a competent management team and a productive and quality-oriented workforce, and it also allows other Ford employees to view the company from a different perspective., One of the more productive and efficient auto stamping/assembly plants in North America is not in Michigan, but in Hermosillo, Mexico. It's building the Ford Escort and Mercury Tracer. But [...]

FACING 'FIGHTER MARGINS AND A NEED to be closer to market, automobile manufacturers in Europe continue to seek out low-cost locations while maintaining a stronghold in traditional markets. The industry [...]

Byline: Meghana Keshavan Germany has long been Europe's strongest economic power; it has a gross domestic product of about $3.1 trillion -- the fifth largest in the world. The country's [...]

Byline: Yang Jian Beijing's decision to limit foreign investment in China's auto industry won't have much impact on established players like General Motors or Volkswagen AG, but newcomers like Chrysler [...]

Byline: just-auto.com editorial team Though it has not confirmed persistent reports it will open a plant in Mexico with trading house Sumitomo, Mazda Motor's president Takashi Yamanouchi has hinted the [...]

Byline: Hans Greimel Ford Motor Co. is reaping big profits in its home market today, but the company is betting on Asia a region where it trails rivals to drive [...]

Faced with sagging domestic sales, U.S. automakers are off and running in a race to capture the global market. BY RICHARD BRUNELLI Early last month, millions of Japanese citizens opened [...]

In Europe, Ford was always king. But now General Motors has undergone a remarkable transformation and overtaken its arch-rival. In Detroit, GM's beleaguered bosses should take note AS CAR makers [...]

Several very different scenes that took place in Mexico's capital city on a warm March day summed up the battle in that country over economic 'integration' between Canada, Mexico, and [...]

Byline: Lindsay Chappell Despite all the financial turmoil at North American automakers and suppliers, foreign companies made the industry look like a good place to invest last year. Global parts [...]

Nigh on 40 years have passed since last Ford reigned supreme on that unremarkable tangle of French two-lanes that explode in a celebration of speed and stamina for a feverish […]

Ford chose to unveil its second-generation Focus in China - a market the US auto giant has been accused of ignoring in the past. Ford had less than 1 percent [...]

Ford plans to build a second car assembly plant in China. Ford's Land Rover and Volvo brands may be built at the plant in Nanjing, a city near Shanghai in [...]

Byline: Chris Wright Russia's potential for automotive growth is second only to China's, but the industry must overcome crime, regulatory restrictions, import barriers and political uncertainty, if the country is [...]

No Europe czar for Ford Contrary to earlier reports, there will be no European czar for Ford Motor Co. overseeing both Ford of Europe and Premier Automotive Group from a [...]

Ford has already started a second shift at its Focus plant here to reduce backlogged sales orders that reached 8,000 within six months of its opening last summer. Production is [...]

Ford Motor Co. announces it will invest $335 million in its engine plant in Lima, OH, where it will build a 3.5L DOHC V-6. While Ford doesn't say which vehicle [...]

Byline: Diana T. Kurylko Sometimes it takes a while to establish a footprint in a market. Take Ford Motor Co. and China, for example. Ford's Model T went on sale [...]

List shows the year the first Ford assembly plant began production 1903: United States 1905: Canada 1911: England 1913: France 1916: Argentina 1919: Denmark, Ireland 1920: Brazil, Spain, Uruguay 1922: [...]

MOSCOW - Ford's new plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, could become a 'Valencia of the 21st century,' says Henrik Nenzen, Ford's president for Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent [...]

Ford's comprehensive overhaul of its European operations has helped improve financial performance, but the company plans to cut even more costs over the next four years. Ford will cut European [...]

In the hilly city of Chongqing, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, China, much of the telephone cable is aboveground on crumbling concrete and rusting metal posts. "This city has […]

BEIJING - Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo Car division will sell its new S60 sedans in China this year, the China News Agency reported, citing unidentified officials at Volvo's China office. [...]

A short few miles away from Dagenham in central London, there will be a new Ford Design Center going up next year. The $15 million facility will design Ford automotive [...]

After weeks and weeks of negotiations, Ford management was unable to come to terms with the various cranky labor unions at the Dagenham plant on the banks of the River [...]

Black Friday in Britain. It was that kind of day for Ford of Europe Chairman Nick Scheele, who had to deliver the tough news May 12 to British workers. Ford's [...]