Our Operations
During 2008 we:
- Sold approximately 5.4 million vehicles
- Employed about 213,000 people
- Worked with over 11,000 suppliers
- Our Operations
Ford Motor Company, which has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries on six continents, built more than 5.4 million vehicles in 2008. Browse this section to learn more about our business, our locations and the impacts of our operations.
Products and Services
Find out more about the Company's core and affiliated automotive brands, which include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury and Volvo. The Company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company.
Manufacturing
We produce our products in facilities operated by Ford Motor Company and/or joint ventures. This section lists our manufacturing plants by geographic location and by plant type.
Our Value Chain and Its Impacts
We have analyzed the most significant sustainability issues we face and the impacts they have at the various stages of our value chain. Some issues do not pertain to a particular life-cycle stage; a number of others apply across the whole value chain.