EcoSport

Last year, the Ford production in Craiova reached a record high, nine years after the first model was manufactured by the American company in this plant. Ford has about 4,600 employees in Craiova and the number will increase by 1,700 by…

Ford has confirmed the production of a second model at the Craiova plant, to join the manufacturing of Ford EcoSport and the 1.0 EcoBoost engine, the company has informed on Tuesday. The company also confirms an investment of EUR 200…

US carmaker Ford today celebrates 10 years of activity in Craiova. More specifically, it’s about the official moment when Ford Motor Company took over the majority shareholding held by the Romanian Government at Automobile Craiova, as a…

Romania has become an important market for Ford, being on the list of countries with the largest market share of the US car brand after the UK, Ireland, Turkey and Hungary, although the region brought large profits cuts in 2017 for the US…

Ford Romania and OMV Petrom on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of strategic partnership, a joint press release reads. The first steps in the partnership between the two companies concern the supply…

U.S. carmaker Ford stopped the production of B-Max model at its plant in Craiova as of September 1, following the plans announced by the company to replace it with EcoSport SUV, a press release informs. "Ford B-Max has been performing…

Ford has announced on Monday that the company plans to stop the production of B-Max at the Craiova plant in the first part of September. The US company has also announced that more than 500 new employees will be recruited to support the…

Steven Armstrong, Vice President and CEO Ford of Europe, received the visit of Prime Minister Grindeanu at US carmaker plant in Craiova, on which occasion he announced that 976 new employees will help manufacturing EcoSport mini-SUV model.…

Minister of Labor and Social Justice Lia Olguta Vasilescu met on Friday with a Ford delegation, run by John Oldham, General Manager of US carmaker subsidiary in Romania, focused on the possibility to increase the jobs number at the Ford…

US carmaker Ford began adapting the Craiova plant to start producing EcoSport model, scheduled for autumn this year. Thus, the existing 320 industrial robots that handle B-Max production will be supplemented by 190 multifunctional robots…