Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker
headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was
founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The
company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford
brand and luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. In the past it has also
produced heavy trucks, tractors and automotive components. Ford
owns small stakes in Mazda of Japan and Aston Martin of the United
Kingdom. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled
by the Ford family, although they have minority ownership
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and
large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately
engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly
lines; by 1914 these methods were known around the world as
Fordism. Ford's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover,
acquired in 1989 and 2000 respectively, were sold to Tata Motors in
March 2008. Ford owned the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to
2010.In 2011, Ford discontinued the Mercury brand, under which it
had marketed entry-level luxury cars in the United States, Canada,
Mexico, and the Middle East since 1938
Ford is the second-largest U.S. based automaker and the fifth-largest
in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales.At the end of 2010, Ford was
the fifth largest automaker in Europe.Ford is the eighth ranked overall
American based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list, based on
global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion.In 2008, Ford produced
5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at
around 90 plants and facilities worldwide.
for mare details visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company
headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was
founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The
company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford
brand and luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. In the past it has also
produced heavy trucks, tractors and automotive components. Ford
owns small stakes in Mazda of Japan and Aston Martin of the United
Kingdom. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled
by the Ford family, although they have minority ownership
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and
large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately
engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly
lines; by 1914 these methods were known around the world as
Fordism. Ford's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover,
acquired in 1989 and 2000 respectively, were sold to Tata Motors in
March 2008. Ford owned the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to
2010.In 2011, Ford discontinued the Mercury brand, under which it
had marketed entry-level luxury cars in the United States, Canada,
Mexico, and the Middle East since 1938
Ford is the second-largest U.S. based automaker and the fifth-largest
in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales.At the end of 2010, Ford was
the fifth largest automaker in Europe.Ford is the eighth ranked overall
American based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list, based on
global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion.In 2008, Ford produced
5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at
around 90 plants and facilities worldwide.
for mare details visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company
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