Ford Motor will announce tomorrow about the fate of two of its plants in Russia

26 March 2019

Americans can fly close to the plant Ford in Vsevolozhsk and Naberezhnye Chelny

The workers of the plant ZAO "Ford Motor KOMPANI" in Vsevolozhsk Leningradskay region going to the meeting tomorrow regarding the possible closure of the plant of the company due to its unprofitability (capacity utilization amounted in 2018 only 12%).

The same fate gresit and the plant OOO "Ford Sollers holding" Naberezhnye Chelny (download last year only 5% of the project). The Americans claim that their production in Russia (at least passenger cars) nothing except the loss of them brings, and to sign the agreement within the framework of SPICA they don't see the point, although it could receive state benefits and subsidies (including compensation for recycling collection).

So that from the second half of 2019 in Russia there can be only one processing plant, OOO "Ford Sollers Elabuga" (download in 2018, 45%), which produces crossovers Kuga and Explorer, also vans and LCV Transit Connecto series Transit. However, this option is not guaranteed concern may quite away from the stagnating market of Russia. According to reports employees of the Vsevolozhsk plant, it is already eyeing some European and Eastern manufacturers.

PS In principle, given how well things are going at the brands Hyundai, with KIA, it just "Ford" plant, located in the same industrial cluster would not hurt. But in the LCV segment, Ford position is quite decent – a series of full-size Transit, time past a generational change and modernization, is in third place in the segment behind the domestic "Gazelles" and "loaves" to the lead among foreign cars.

If the crossovers from Yelabuga, most likely will go, the Ford Transit may well remain