Ford Vans to Cut Jobs
Manufacturing Decline At Ford
More doom and gloom for the UK van market. Ford, the US car giant, is reportedly going to reduce the number of vans manufactured at their Southampton plant. The TImes reported that more than a half of production is likely to be shifted to Turkey within the next three years.
In doing so, Ford are likely to reduce the 1100 strong workforce, which currently works on the Ford Transit range of vans. The current model of transit is expected to cease production in Southampton altogether in 2011 with Ford moving the operation to Turkey where the new model of Transit will evolve.
