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Ford to expand engine assembly plant capacity
14 May,2008: Ford India, has launched production of diesel engines at its new engine assembly plant at Maraimalai Nagar, near Chennai for use in the mid-size Ford Fiesta and Ford Fusion product lines. The world-class facility will position Ford India as a strategic manufacturing hub to cater to Asia Pacific and African regions.
The company had invested $26 million and the present capacity is 60,000 engines annually. In the second phase of expansion, the capacity will be scaled up to 2.50 lakh units by 2010, which will be seamlessly integrated into a highly-flexible engine assembly facility.
Source: The Hindu