Jew builder for Ford Transcontinental
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D is to close its Amsterdam iry with the loss of 1,525 writes GRAHAM MONT!ERIE.
e closure has been exad for some time, but the 3ion was delayed at the re1 of the works council to see y alternative could be found.
e Amsterdam plant pro:s the Transcontinental and -ransit, and, while assembly a latter can be transferred to r Ford factories at Southton and Genk in Belgium, ;ontinuity of Transcontinenroduction could cause prob;.
rd has asked for tenders :other "outside manufactursources" to take over iscontinental production, it is believed that a decision already been made although will not be made public until nd the time of the Amsterclosure on November 24. anscontinental assembly is antly running at around six day, and Ford is anxious to ;sure operators that the range will continue in production from whatever source.
The proposed extension to the Cargo range will not be a replacement for the Transcontinental which goes up to 44 tonnes gross.
Of the 1,5 2 5 workers at Amsterdam, 325 are employed on the sales/parts side with the remainder concerned in the actual production, and most of these are employed on the Transit lines.
Amsterdam has traditionally been a "top-up" plant for other Ford factories during market shortages and, as Southampton and Genk have been able to cope with Transit demand, this has accelerated the demise of the Dutch factory.
When working at full capacity, Amsterdam was capable of 9,000 Transits per year.