The company brings under the same name both the production of B-Max vehicles and the Ecoboost engines at its plant in Craiova (southern Romania) along with vehicle import and sale.
Ford Romania switched to loss in 2015, posting a negative result of EUR18.3 million, versus a net profit of EUR5.7 million in 2014. In the context of switching to loss, the company conducted in 2015 a voluntary layoff program for employees, which triggered a cut in staff numbers from over 3,100 in 2014 to fewer than 2,700 last year.
Ford took over the Craiova facility in 2008 and has invested more than EUR1 billion in its Romanian manufacturing operations.
The Ford B-MAX vehicle is currently built in Craiova, plus Ford’s 1.0-litre EcoBoost engine – the only engine to win the International Engine of the Year award three years in succession.
Ford also said it will continue to seek opportunities to build further products in Craiova so that it can fully utilize the facility’s capacity and asset utilization and will continue to work with the government and local authorities to improve infrastructure and logistics.