





Ford's UK branch threatened by Romanian and Turkish factory competitiveness
Ford recently stirred up an internal competition spirit between its factories in Europe for the new Transit model that's in plans, starting 2010. The Times notes that the British factory faces serious competition from Turkish and Romanian markets.
Ford will start building in Romania in 2009 its new Transit Connect model and starting 2010 it will produce a small class model in Craiova, South Romania. Ford officials currently need to decide which European factories will produce the new models.
British employees declared that they need to do whatever it takes to influence the officials' decision and build the model in Southampton in order to assure that they will still have a job.