Ford Motor Company's relationship with the United Automobile Workers union started out painfully, but over time, Ford and the UAW grew up together and developed mutual respect.
Our focus on providing connectivity on the road has its roots in the Philco years, when we were involved with the production of consumer electronics and home appliances.
Ford Motor Company’s brand-new Rouge plant was pressed into service to build 60 Eagle Boats—World War I submarine chasers—as the plant's first product.
Ford Motor Company built more than 8,600 B-24 Allied Liberator bombers as part of its contribution to the Allies' "arsenal of democracy" in World War II.
Henry and Edsel Ford got Ford Motor Company into "Tri-Motor" plane manufacturing and, in doing so, helped start commercial aviation in the United States.
In 1914, Henry Ford started an industrial revolution by more than doubling wages to $5 a day—a move that helped build the U.S. middle class and the modern economy.