Turkey-based Ford Otosan, the largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in Europe, will take ownership of U.S. Ford’s assembly plant and production activity in Craiova, southern Romania, a process conditioned by approvals from the relevant authorities.
Ford Puma ended the first half as the best-selling Ford car in Europe, Ford Europe data show, which means the plant in Craiova was among the ones delivering most vehicles.
Ford’s Craiova plant along with the plant in Cologne, Germany, will be the least affected by the microchip crisis, as other plants of the carmaker experience even more than 20 days of production stoppages in 2021.