UK to Turkey Ford Transit

Describing the plant would close in Belgium came good news from Ford to invest in Turkey. Transit production to be shifted in the UK to Turkey

Investments in the region due to the crisis in Europe, reviewing the American Ford has decided to increase the weight of production in Turkey. Shutting down the city of Genk plant in Belgium to Turkey earlier in the day explaining the good news came from Ford. Ford Transit model in Europe, the statement made in the UK decided to wrap production in Turkey was announced. Plants be shut down in the next year in the cities of Southampton, England and Dagenham said. The statement Southampton Transit plant production factory in the Gölcük hereinafter Ford Otosan Kocaeli done has been expressed. With this decision, the UK engine production and the development of more specific focus of the said facilities. Southampton's Ford Transit model produced since 1972 more than 500 employees will become unemployed next summer closure. 500 of this issue will find thousands of closure of Dagenham said. Southampton produced 28 thousand vehicles per year. Gölcük factory, this figure is about 80 thousand.

The EU market was narrowed
Ford in Genk, Belgium, the previous day, said it would close the plant is running 4 thousand 300 workers. The statement here, Mondeo, S-Max and Galaxy models indicated that the production shifted to Spain. Ford was restructured in Europe annually 450-500 million dollars in savings targets.

Transit HOUSE WAS KOCAELİ
Ford of Europe's vice president of production Jeff Wood, said in a statement in July-Factory since 2001, Ford Otosan "Transit's house" had stressed that it has become. Wood, "We design and mühendisliklerindeki vehicles manufactured to perfection, Kocaeli Plant is a work" made the assessment.