Ford: Why we're closing Southampton - the official statement (From Daily Echo)
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Ford: Why we're closing Southampton - the official statement
1:14pm Thursday 25th October 2012 in News By Echo Reporter
Ford: Why we're closing Southampton - the official statement
In just a short statement of 122 words Ford bosses sounded the death knell for the for the Southampton Transit factory.
In a statement released this afternoon they confirmed proposals to shut down the Swaythling site and as well as part of its massive Dagenham plant.
It also said all job losses would be voluntary redundancies with staff offered redeployment to another site.
The full Ford statement:
“Ford will continue to develop its UK operations as a centre of excellence for powertrain development and production. A new, next-generation, low-CO2 2.0-litre diesel engine is to be built in Dagenham that will power future Ford vehicles from 2016. The new engine will be designed and engineered at the Dunton technical Centre in Essex. As part of the restructuring of its European operations, Ford plans to close two facilities in the UK in mid-2013 – its vehicle assembly plant in Southampton, which builds the current Transit, and its stamping and tooling operations in Dagenham, which supplies the Southampton assembly plant and other plants. All UK separations are to be voluntary: affected employees in Southampton and Dagenham will be redeployed or offered separation terms”.
Comments(15)
lordflood
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3:55pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Stillness
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4:38pm Thu 25 Oct 12
lordflood wrote:Can I point out that it's not me closing it despite lordfloods post? Thank you.
No the reason you are closing this plant,is the government in Turkey own the factory. Fords only pay for the van when it comes off the end of the line.Because of this there are a lot more employees to build the van. Southampton have always built the better van. So Fords wins hands down. We were informed of this years ago.But nothing was ever done about it.
chipsceola
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4:47pm Thu 25 Oct 12
What ever the future use it has scope to employ many, many more than the current 500 workers.
Let's now hear from Hants., Eastleigh and Southampton Councils about their plands and timescales for the redevelopment. It's not like it's unexpected, the propspect of closure has existed for several years.
Chipsceola.
lordflood
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7:19pm Thu 25 Oct 12
lordflood
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7:19pm Thu 25 Oct 12
westendsaint
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7:40pm Thu 25 Oct 12
chipsceola wrote:Houses, houses,
It's game set and match for Ford, what's important now is what happens to this very large and strategically placed site.
What ever the future use it has scope to employ many, many more than the current 500 workers.
Let's now hear from Hants., Eastleigh and Southampton Councils about their plands and timescales for the redevelopment. It's not like it's unexpected, the propspect of closure has existed for several years.
Chipsceola.
& even more,
HOUSES
dave_gravey
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7:44pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Lots of jobs and operations were 'outsourced' to reduce costs in order to continue to compete with the cheap imports initially from Belgium but more recently from Turkey, an uphill battle and a struggle that can now be seen was impossible win.
dave_gravey
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7:45pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Lots of jobs and operations were 'outsourced' to reduce costs in order to continue to compete with the cheap imports initially from Belgium but more recently from Turkey, an uphill battle and a struggle that can now be seen was impossible win.
arthur dalyrimple
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8:18pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Pettle
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8:21pm Thu 25 Oct 12
Pettle
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6:18am Fri 26 Oct 12
Mr Price
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9:26am Fri 26 Oct 12
Pettle
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5:25pm Sat 3 Nov 12
Pettle
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5:28pm Sat 3 Nov 12
Stillness says...
2:27pm Thu 25 Oct 12