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Although the Australian automotive industry came to an abrupt end, Ford brought a glimmer of hope to the struggling auto parts industry and college graduates planning to enter the auto industry. According to the "Australian Daily" report, Ford has helped nine key suppliers to win large orders for overseas Ford manufacturing plants, which will host supplier conferences in Geelong this week, including high-level participants of Ford's global procurement and product development. .
Although Ford recently announced that its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants will lay off 300 blue-collar workers ahead of time, the company still transfers 20 workers to its engineering department, which employs 1,500 people and will become Australia’s automotive industry in 2017. Most employees' design and engineering center.
Ford will also employ 20 sales and marketing executives this year and plan to enroll 20 university graduates to support business next year. One of its parts suppliers, MHG Asia Pacific, has won a Ford overseas contract. The company has factories in Geelong and Melbourne, producing automotive glass and automotive plastic interior and exterior. From the end of this year, it will begin to transport these parts to Thailand, where Ford has an undisclosed secret passenger car production base. This is the first time that MHG has been exporting parts to the Ford plant in Thailand since its establishment in 1970.
Ford currently imports Fiesta, Focus small cars, and Ranger pickups from Thailand, but other models, including the Australian-designed Ranger-based seven-seat SUV, will have production facilities there.
Since it has signed a confidentiality agreement with Ford, MHG is unable to disclose the value of the parts exported to Thailand and the contract. However, MHG is not believed to be the cheapest bid supplier.
"This is a highly competitive, global bidding process, but we eventually won." said MHG chairman and founder Steve Haritos. "You need to provide better products and services than other Asian suppliers."
Haritos said that once Toyota, Holden and Ford shut down their factories at the end of 2017, Australian parts companies are facing catastrophe, he is trying to survive the company to protect 180 workers in two factories in Geelong and Melbourne. jobs. MHG is currently supplying three factories.
At the same time, Ford Motor Co. said that its plans to introduce locally-made Falcon and Territory SUVs are fully on track, although so far 80% of cars sold in Australia have been imported. Although sales fell, Ford still said that the latest models of Falcon and Territory SUV will be launched in the second half of this year.
April 07, 2024