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Belgium

Assembly Plants

Genk Body and Assembly
Genk
Total employment: 5,475
Products: Ford Mondeo, Ford Galaxy, Ford Focus S-MAX
Year opened: 1964
Plant size (sq ft): 6,792,027
Site size: 345 acres

Volvo Cars
Ghent
Total employment: 5,300
Products: Volvo C30, S40, V50, V70
Year opened: 1965
Plant size (sq ft): 3,317,000
Site size: 475 acres

France

Transmission Plants

Bordeaux Automatic Transmission Plant
Blanquefort
Total employment: 2,523
Products: 5R44, 5R55
Year opened: 1973
Plant size (sq ft): 1,388,471
Site size: 44 acres

Bordeaux Transaxle Plant (Joint venture – 50% Ford/50% GETRAG)
Blanquefort
Total employment: 947
Products: IB5 – IB5ASM transmissions
Year opened: 1976
Plant size (sq ft): 500,000
Site size: 50 acres

Germany

Assembly Plants

Cologne Body & Assembly
Cologne
Total employment: 4,707
Products: Ford Fiesta 3-door, Ford Fiesta 5-door, Ford Fusion
Year opened: 1931
Plant size (sq ft): 2,499,746
Site size: 69 acres

Saarlouis Body & Assembly
Saarlouis
Total employment: 6,390
Products: Ford Focus, Ford Focus C-MAX
Year opened: 1970
Plant size (sq ft): 3,100,000
Site size: 296 acres

Engine Plants

Cologne Engine
Cologne
Total employment: 1,438
Products: 4.0-liter V6 SOHC, 4.3-liter V8, 6.0-liter V12
Year opened: 1962
Plant size (sq ft): 1,449,651
Site size: 44 acres

Transmission Plants

GETRAG Ford Transmissions GmbH (Joint venture – 50% Ford/50% GETRAG)
Cologne
Total employment: 1,440
Products: M56, M58 and M66 (Volvo MT), MMT6, MTX75 and VXT75 transmissions
Year opened: 1930
Plant size (sq ft): 1,091,352

Casting/Forging Aluminum Plants

Cologne Tool & Die
Cologne
Total employment: 1,144
Products: Stamping dies, fixtures, jigs, soft tooling and die repairs for all Ford vehicles
Year opened: 1963
Plant size (sq ft): 364,025
Site size: 13 acres

Tekfor Cologne GmbH (Joint venture – 50% Ford/50% Neumayer)
Cologne
Total employment: 352
Products: Steel forgings
Year opened: 2003
Plant size (sq ft): 250,000
Site size: 10 acres

Russia

Assembly Plants

Ford Motor Company ZAO
St. Petersburg
Total employment: 1,571
Products: Ford Focus
Year opened: 2002
Plant size (sq ft): 387,360
Site size: 64,246 acres

Spain

Assembly Plants

Valencia Body and Assembly
Valencia
Total employment: 6,657
Products: Ford Ka, Ford Focus NT 4 & 5 door, Ford Fiesta 5 door, Mazda 2
Year opened: 1976
Plant size (sq ft): 6,379,367
Site size: 270 acres

Engine Plants

Valencia Engine Plant
Valencia
Total employment: 458
Products: 1.8-liter and 2.0-liter Duratec-HE
Year opened: 1976
Site size: 270 acres

Sweden

Assembly Plants

Volvo Car Plant – Volvo (Joint venture – 40% Volvo/60% Pininfarina SpA of Italy)
Uddevalla
Products: Volvo C70 Convertible
Year opened: 1995
Plant size (sq ft): 1,622,572

Volvo Cars Torslanda
Göthenburg
Total employment: 5,306
Products: Volvo S60, S80, V70, XC70, XC90
Year opened: 1964
Plant size (sq ft): 3,552,090
Site size: 674 acres

Stamping Plants

Volvo Cars Body Components – Volvo
Olofström
Total employment: 2,684
Products: VCC products S40N, S60, S80, V50, V70, C70, C70N, XC70, XC90, Jaguar new cab/coupe, cabs for VTC
Year opened: 1969
Plant size (sq ft): 3,444,419
Site size: 79 acres

Engine Plants

Volvo Car Corporation, Engine
Skövde
Total employment: 1,423
Products: 5-cylinder inline diesel engines, 5-cylinder petrol engine, 6-cylinder petrol engine
Year opened: 1990
Plant size (sq ft): 1,184,030
Site size: 75 acres

Transmission Plants

GETRAG All Wheel Drive (Joint venture – 40% Volvo Cars/60% GETRAG Dana Holdings)
Products: All-wheel-drive components

Turkey

Assembly Plants

Ford Otosan Kocaeli Plant (Joint venture – 41% Ford/41% Koc Holding/18% public)
Kocaeli
Total employment: 6,030
Products: Transit, Transit Connect
Year opened: 2001
Plant size (sq ft): 3,444,451
Site size: 395 acres

Engine Plants

Ford Otosan Engine
Eskisehir
Total employment: 1,510
Products: 2.4-liter, 4-cyl. Duratec, 7.3-liter I-6 diesel, transmissions
Year opened: 1982
Plant size (sq ft): 679,826
Site size: 271 acres

Transmission Plants

Inönü Transmission
Inönü
Products: MT75 transmissions

United Kingdom

Assembly Plants

Castle Bromwich Assembly – Jaguar
Birmingham
Total employment: 2,300
Products: Jaguar XK & XJ painted bodyshells, S-Type Saloon complete
Year opened: 1980
Plant size (sq ft): 2,500,000
Site Size: 106 acres

Halewood Assembly Plant UK – Jaguar
Halewood, Liverpool
Total employment: 3,000
Products: Jaguar X-Type, Freelander 2/Land Rover 2
Year opened: 2000
Plant size (sq ft): 400,000

Land Rover Solihull Assembly
Solihull, West Midlands
Total employment: 7,913
Products: Defender, Discovery 3, Freelander, Land Rover 3, Range Rover/Sport
Year opened: 1948
Plant size (sq ft): 595,000
Site size: 308 acres

Southampton Body and Assembly
Southampton
Total employment: 1,327
Products: Short and medium wheelbase Ford Transit commercial vehicles
Year opened: 1953
Plant size (sq ft): 1,300,000
Site size: 52 acres

Stamping Plants

Dagenham Stamping Operations
Dagenham, Essex
Total employment: 1,058
Products: Panels, sub-assemblies, wheels
Year opened: 1959
Plant size (sq ft): 1,337, 330
Site size: 473 acres

Engine Plants

Bridgend Engine Plant
Bridgend, Mid-Glamorgan
Total employment: 1,685
Products: 1.25, 1.4 and 1.6-liter Zetec-SE petrol engines, 3.2-liter I-6, 3.5, 4.2 and 4.4-liter V8 Jaguar XK engines
Year opened: 1980
Plant size (sq ft): 1,525,320
Site size: 60 acres

Dagenham Engine Plant
Dagenham, Essex
Total employment: 1,842
Products: 1.8l, 2.0 and 2.4-liter TDCi engines, 2.7-liter V6 diesel engine, 3.6-liter V8 diesel engine
Year opened: 1931
Plant size (sq ft): 2,500,000
Site size: 473 acres

Transmission Plants

Halewood Transmission Plant (Joint venture – 50% Ford/50% GETRAG)
Total employment: 740
Products: IB5 transaxle, MT75 and MT82 transmissions
Year opened: 1964
Plant size (sq ft): 1,247,548
Site size: 55 acres

Casting/Forging Aluminum Plants

Leamington Foundry
Leamington, Warwickshire
Total employment: 398
Products: Castings including brake drums and discs
Year opened: 1940
Plant size (sq ft): 270,000
Site size: 16 acres