United States carmaker Ford on Friday stated it would look for to cut another 1,600 tasks at its factory near Valencia in eastern Spain, where it currently axed 1,100 positions in 2015.
“At the factory, there is presently a surplus of around 1,600 workers,” a spokesperson for Ford Spain informed AFP after management satisfied unions to describe their strategy.
Of that figure, the vehicle giant stated 626 would be “long-term redundancies” while the other 966 would be terminations with the possibility of being rehired in 2027″ when production of a brand-new lorry starts.
The UGT union stated the redundancy would impact an overall of 1,622 personnel at the Almussafes plant which lies about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Valencia.
In March 2023, Ford revealed strategies to cut around 1,100 tasks at the very same factory as it relocated to reorganise its European operations, outraging Spain’s left-wing federal government.
The cuts followed Ford chose to stop production of the S-Max and Galaxy designs at the website, the business informed AFP at the time.
A month previously, it had actually relocated to cut 2,300 positions in Germany and 1,300 in Britain, representing around 10 percent of its European personnel.
Ford stated it wished to develop “a leaner, more competitive expense structure” so it might minimize the designs established for the European market, focus on the successful van sector and accelerate the shift to electrical cars.
Like other car manufacturers, Ford has actually chosen to move to electrical cars, which needs huge financial investments in establishing brand-new innovations and retooling factories.
The cuts come as European issues grow about the effect of significant United States aids for electrical cars produced in the nation, which might trigger foreign car manufacturers to move towards American production websites.
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