Tychy-based factory launches a new Ford Ka production
Posted October 3rd, 2008 in Business news by Ela Pawełek-LuberaProduction of the new Ford Ka has just been launched in Tychy. An estimated amount of 120 000 cars is expected to leave the factory every year.
Production of the new Ford Ka, a twin model of the well known in Poland Fiat 500, was officially launched on Thursday September 25th. Out of over 200 million EUR which was invested in the project, 100 million was allocated directly to the creation of the Poland-based factory. Investment costs included the organisation of a new paint and welding shops and a assembly room.
Ford’s Europe deputy president, Wolfgang Schneider does not rule out the possibility of launching the manufacture of other Fiat models in the Tychy-based factory. Thanks to the new model’s production the factory’s staff number rose from 1.5 thousand to 5.7 thousand and a further increase by 800 employees was declared in connection with the Ford Ka production.
By the end of the year 20 thousand cars will have been produced. According to the overall plans the estimated period of the model’s production in Poland accounts for the next ten years with the production reaching 120 thousand cars and a joint amount of 600 thousand vehicles leaving all the Tychy factories annually.
While the personal and delivery car production in Poland in 2007 accounted for 700 thousand entities, in 2008 it reached 870 thousand items, from which round 98% of the production is exported to the EU markets.
source: Rzeczpospolita, Samar
