11.25.2024

Craiova-based Ford Otosan plant in October hit an all-time production level, with more than 27,600 cars assembled in a single month, in line with ACAROM data. more

10.24.2023

Ford Otosan has officially started the production of Courier models at its plant in Craiova on Tuesday (October 24), being the first new models produced since the plant was taken over in summer 2022 more

10.11.2023

On October 24, the Fort Otosan Craiova plant will officially start producing the new Transit and Tourneo Courier model beside Puma. more

05.10.2023

The increase in production capacity at Ford Otosan’s plant in Craiova from 250,000 to 272,000 units, along with the start of production of the new Transit Courier and Tourneo Courier with both more

12.20.2021

Ford’s assembly facility in Craiova has produced one million vehicles between 2009 and 2021, in the amount of EUR18 billion, of which over 95% went to export, in line with calculations by Ziarul more

12.17.2021

Ford Romania on Friday revealed the one millionth vehicle manufactured at its Craiova assembly facility, which is a Puma ST-Line in Desert Island Blue, powered by a 155 PS EcoBoost Hybrid engine. more

12.13.2021

Dacia Mioveni şi Ford Craiova, the two car plants in Romania, manufactured 379,952 vehicles in the first eleven months of 2021, fewer by 6.11% than 404.699 units in the same period of 2020, data from more

02.18.2021

Ford’s Romanian assembly plant in Craiova could produce electric vehicles in the coming years, in the context of Ford of Europe’s new strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. more

01.24.2020

About 50 automotive component suppliers, which have production facilities Romania, supply parts for the new Puma SUV assembled by US carmaker Ford at its plant in Craiova. more

06.27.2019

The first Puma vehicles have already been assembled in Craiova and the assembly line of the new SUV that joined the EcoSport at that plant has already been tested and is now waiting for the official more

01.18.2019

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11.19.2018

US-held automaker Ford has started the recruitment program for its Craiova plant and seeks to hire 1,700 people, more than initially planned in May, 1,500. Since the plant is currently employing more

10.19.2018

The production of the Ford plant in Craiova rose to almost 104,000 EcoSport SUVs in the first nine months of the year, twice and a half more than in the same time last year, when the facility was more

06.12.2018

The increase in Ford Romania’s production by adding a second model besides the EcoSport SUV in Craiova will allow attracting a greater number of suppliers near the plant and implicitly boost more

04.17.2018

The new Ford Ecosport model took production of the plant in Craiova close to one-billion-euro mark in the first quarter of the year, when more than 36,300 SUVs were assembled. more

01.15.2018

Ford Romania, the owner of the Craiova automobile plant, could assemble more than 10,000 EcoSport vehicles this month as the plant steps up production more

07.24.2017

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08.26.2016

U.S. carmaker Ford will invest a minimum additional sum of EUR130 million from own sources at its Romanian unit Automobile Craiova by the end of 2019, the Romanian Finance Ministry said in a statement more

03.22.2016

Ford Motor Company will invest up to EUR200 million to manufacture the Ford EcoSport small SUV at its Craiova Assembly Plant in Romania starting next autumn, the company said in a statement on more

11.19.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford will lay off 680 of some 3,200 employees at its plant in Craiova (southern Romania), meaning over 20% of its staff. more

10.22.2014

Ford assembled 43,300 cars in Craiova in the first nine months, 26% fewer than in the year-ago period, because the plant halted production on a number of days due to the decline in European demand. more

08.28.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford will halt its production lines in Craiova, Romania for nine days in September, citing the volatility of the European car market, which had an impact on its B-Max sales. more

03.18.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford Tuesday announced it produced the engine number 250,000 at its Craiova-based plant, a 1.5-liter EcoBoost engine (180 hp), that will be exported to the US to equip a Ford Fusion more

02.24.2014

The EcoBoost 1.5-liter engine made in Craiova, Romania, will equip the new Ford Focus, the U.S. carmaking giant announced Monday. more

02.17.2014

U.S. carmaker Ford will be transferring part of its Ford Fiesta production from Cologne, Germany, to its Romanian plant in Craiova, in 2017, German newspaper Bild reported citing unnamed sources. more