Employees at the Ford Sollers automobile plant outside St. Petersburg will start a partial shutdown of production next week, a regional Ford labor union leader stated Friday, to protest hundreds of impending layoffs at the plant as it moves to close the production. Ford Sollers, the American automaker’s joint venture in Russia, announced late last […]
Ford plants in Russia
Ford thinks about closing two Russian plants
Ford Motor is thinking about closing two plants in Russia as part of its worldwide plan to restructure operations in unprofitable locations, three industry sources informed Reuters. If the closures go ahead, Ford would likely produce only light commercial vehicles in Russia, two sources stated. After running up fourth-quarter losses in all locations outside North […]
