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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
130 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 March 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 May 2018
Foreseen end date
30 June 2018
Description
The American car company Ford will increase its workforce by 130 new employees at its Spanish plant in Almussafes (Valencia) between May and June 2018 due to the opening of the assembly line of the new Maverick engine model. This announcement ends the workforce adjustment plan of 270 workers and the hypothetical transfer of manufacturing to China. The 100,000 engines assembled per year will be sent to Ontario (Canada). This expansion follows the new collective agreement approved in February that increases salaries and improves pre-retirement plans.
Sources
12 March 2018: El Mundo
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Ford, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 93575, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93575.
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