(Ford India: Chennai, India) -- Ford’s integrated manufacturing facility near Chennai is readying for volume production of its soon-to-be-introduced new car after a comprehensive transformation to double its capacity and become a strategic production hub for Ford Motor Co.

Attracting an investment of $500 million from Ford, the Ford India plant located in Maraimalai Nagar, the municipality south of Chennai, was selected as the ideal production source for Ford’s new car. It will be produced for India and for export to other international markets.

With cutting-edge automation and high-tech new facilities, the new site reflects the latest Ford manufacturing processes globally and pioneers new technologies for Ford and India. Created with a “best of the best” approach, the Chennai plant has been benchmarked against other competitive facilities globally, as well as the current volume manufacturers in the Indian market, for quality and production efficiency.

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