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18 Temmuz 2022

Ford Otosan’s electrification journey is now continuing in Romania

Ford Otosan has taken over control of the Ford Europe’s Craiova plant. Expanding into the international arena with the assumption of Ford’s Romanian operations, Ford Otosan will now taking its experience with electrificatıon into Romania as well.

Ford Europe and Europe’s biggest commercial vehicle maker Ford Otosan have reached an agreement over the transfer of control of Ford’s Romanian plant in the city of Craiova. Under this agreement, which brings an international dimension to Ford Otosan’s operations for the first time, ownership of Ford’s vehicle and engine production plants in Craiova has passed to Ford Otosan. With the inclusion of Craiova in its production network, Turkey’s export champion and Europe’s commercial vehicle production leader Ford Otosan will be bringing its experience and expertise in electrification and commercial vehicles to the Romanian plant while also becoming a multinational automotives company itself.

Güven Özyurt: “We’re going to be adding brand-new and exciting pages to the Craiova plant’s success story”
Noting that, besides being an important element of its production network, the Craiova plant has added an international dimension to Ford Otosan’s manufacturing experience, Ford Otosan General Manager Güven Özyurt said “Electrification is the most transformative change in our industry for over a century and Europe, our major export market, has been making rapid progress in that direction. Taking into account both Ford’s recentlyannounced European electrification plan and Ford Otosan’s own extensive knowledge and experience in electrification, which got its start with the Custom PHEV and continued with the E-Transit, we believe that Craiova will be playing an even more potent role in Ford’s electrification and commercial vehicle growth plans. Our Craiova plant will be benefiting from Ford Otosan’s extensive commercial vehicle design, engineering, and production experience and know-how. The Craiova plant is already one of Ford’s most productive manufacturing facilities in Europe and we can’t wait to add new and even more exciting pages to its success story.”

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