Ford is slashing its workforce in Spain the place the automaker is winding down manufacturing of once-popular fashions.
The corporate plans to chop 1,100 jobs at its plant in Valencia in jap Spain, a Ford spokesperson mentioned on Friday.
The layoffs are a part of the corporate’s adjustments to its automobile manufacturing lineup in Europe, the spokesperson mentioned.
“Ford will work constructively with its union companions to cut back the impression of the separations on workers, their households, and the area people,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Ford is ending manufacturing of the S-Max and Galaxy minivans in-built Valencia in April because it shifts its passenger automobile lineup to SUVs and electrical automobiles. Ford additionally builds the Transit Join compact van and the Kuga compact SUV in Valencia. The Mondeo midsize automobile went out of manufacturing at Valencia final yr.
In February Ford mentioned it’s going to lower 3,800 product growth and administration jobs in Europe, largely in Germany and the UK. It cited rising prices and the necessity for fewer staff to construct EVs as the rationale for the roles cull.
Ford will unveil a brand new full-electric automobile for Europe on March 21. It will likely be constructed on the automaker’s manufacturing unit in Cologne, Germany, on Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform. The EV will exchange manufacturing of the Fiesta small automobile in Cologne.
Ford will finish manufacturing of the Focus compact automobile in Saarlouis, Germany in 2025. The corporate is on the lookout for a purchaser for the manufacturing unit.
Final yr, Ford mentioned it’s going to construct its next-generation electrical autos in Valencia on a brand new U.S.-developed platform. It delayed a ultimate choice however mentioned it could stick to a plan to begin producing electrical autos later this decade on the manufacturing unit.
Reuters contributed to this report