Ford India Private Limited
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | October 1995 (as Mahindra Ford India Limited) |
| Headquarters | Maraimalai Nagar, Chennai, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu |
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Key people
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Nigel Harris - President, Ford India |
| Products | Automobiles |
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Number of employees
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10,000 |
| Parent | Ford Motor Company |
| Website | www.india.ford.com |
Ford India Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company in India. Ford India Private Limited's headquarters are in Maraimalai Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It currently is the sixth largest car maker in India after Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Tata, Mahindra.
Ford India Private Limited began production in 1926 as a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, but was shut down in 1954 as the company was in loss . Ford re-entered the market in October 1995 as Mahindra Ford India Limited (MFIL), a 50-50 joint venture with Mahindra & Mahindra Limited. Ford increased its interest to 72% in March 1998 and renamed the company Ford India Private Limited.
The total investments made by Ford Motor Company since it set shop in 1995 stands at $2 billion as of April 2012.
The management team of Ford India comprises - President, Anurag Mehrotra - Executive Director of Marketing, Sales & Service, Rahul Gautam - Vice President, Marketing, George Elisseou - HR Director, David Schock - Chief Financial Officer
FIPL's main manufacturing plant located in Maraimalai Nagar, 45 km from Chennai has a capacity to produce 150,000 cars on a two-shift basis and 200,000 with three shifts. In 2010-11, the company's production crossed the 100,000 mark.
As its new hatchback Figo was launched in March 2010,Ford Motor Company has invested $500 million to double capacity of the plant to 200,000 vehicles annually and setting up a facility to make 250,000 engines annually. The engine plant opened for operations in January 2010.
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