Ford to manufacture new car in Romania next year, hire more staff
The company is supposed to increase production in its Craiova factory, as included in the privatization contract. It should deliver up to 250,000 units by the end of 2011. Ford is also planning to produce a hi-tech engine which would allow a fuel saving of 20 percent, Fleming has also said.
John Fleming met Romanian president Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc yesterday. Fleming said the Ford projects for the Romanian factory, all hi-tech, will help Romania, as a high volume of these future products will be exported. The Craiova factory will start to hire more staff next year, hoping to double the number of staff in the following years, from the current 3,500 people.