Ford India

[robbo/region15]

Interesting Article,pity they hadnt Injected $US 2 Billion into Australian Operations.....


http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbu...mplex-in-india

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by robbo/region15

Interesting Article,pity they hadnt Injected $US 2 Billion into Australian Operations.....

Not a logical business move, for the same reason that every time we ring an Australian multinational company we get an Indian call centre employee on about $5 an hour.

[Polyal]

Yeap, but in saying that remember Australia is AP's R&D Hub if the last few releases are anything to believe.

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by robbo/region15

Interesting Article,pity they hadnt Injected $US 2 Billion into Australian Operations.....

They will get better returns in India, for the market they are aiming at Ford would have to be mad to do that here.....

[xr8lover]

golly gosh!, Apu will be over the moon!

[GT-GTF]

Two points:

1. I can't believe they left their run into India & China so late
2. It would have cost them triple the price to build a similar factory here with our assortment of red tape and taxes

[Kieron]

and here's the model they will be building -

[HUNTER8]

Least it will come with a free Nokia mobile phone.....

[Fordman1]

Laugh as much as you like

Manufacturing is heading to that part of the world, and they'll be building Fiesta and other product for local consumption.

We could only dream of manufacturing investment like this in Australia.

[DJM83]

Im glad i bought a well built Ford before it all goes pair shaped.

[pottery beige]

do they make cars as good as they make taxi drivers........

[2011G6E]

The local ABC radio had a discussion one night with a motoring editor and he rattled off a list of manufacturers who have, or who will very soon, set up shop manufacturing cars and bikes in India. It was amazing...everyone from Ford to Chrysler to prestige makers and everyone inbetween. Then the bike makers started, Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda, etc, even, amazingly, Harley Davidson!
Our sons little Suzuki Alto has a sticker on the door pillar near the latch that says it was made by some mob in India. Good little car too.

[Keepleft]

India is a booming place; educates her women, teaches english, has one quarter of the worlds computer programmers, and with 350 plus years of Brit administration behind her - will be an ally in the years ahead. Fifty to seventy years out - probably our key trading partner; Her population will expand-still, China's will be on the wane, demographic prediction I read anyhow.

Don't have a problem with India. Some Indian states still have speed derestriction (//). She has been busy funding new expressways, many thousands of kilometres of them since 2000.

[robbo/region15]

Originally Posted by Barraxr8

Laugh as much as you like

Manufacturing is heading to that part of the world, and they'll be building Fiesta and other product for local consumption.

We could only dream of manufacturing investment like this in Australia.

Last decade ,Blundstone moved there Gumboot mfg operation over from Tassie,they stayed here in Vic for a couple of years then sent it all off to India.

Would Ford send Geelong & Broady both off to India.....................have a think about it...

[burnz]

Originally Posted by robbo/region15

Last decade ,Blundstone moved there Gumboot mfg operation over from Tassie,they stayed here in Vic for a couple of years then sent it all off to India.

Would Ford send Geelong & Broady both off to India.....................have a think about it...

hasn't blundstone been a tassy operation since 1860'S or their abouts?"?

i have never heard of them being mainland or otherwise...

[robbo/region15]

Originally Posted by burnz

hasn't blundstone been a tassy operation since 1860'S or their abouts?"?

i have never heard of them being mainland or otherwise...

Yes ,an Aussie Icon for sure!
The Gumboot operation was moved over here in the last months of 2000,i know as i was Site Operations Manager,Mfg.
They had to kill off the most expensive freight cost in the World ie;Bass Strait.Gumboot ops were seperate from the normal Boot style.There still in Hobart[i believe]

[mr smith]

Originally Posted by burnz

hasn't blundstone been a tassy operation since 1860'S or their abouts?"?

i have never heard of them being mainland or otherwise...

Manufacturing long gone. I dont buy their stuff any more. Their web site is very deceptive.

http://www.news.com.au/business/blun...-1111112844771

[mr smith]

Big companies have milked Australia and are looking for the emerging countries where OHS, EPA and decent wages do not exist. In the new world order, our role as a country is to dig up the raw materials and get some one else to value add for the lowest cost so we can buy it back.
Greed and shareholder returns are the name of the game, make sure YOU buy Australian and just as important tell YOUR super fund you will only invest in companies that support Australia.

[DJR-351]

Originally Posted by robbo/region15

Yes ,an Aussie Icon for sure!
The Gumboot operation was moved over here in the last months of 2000,i know as i was Site Operations Manager,Mfg.
They had to kill off the most expensive freight cost in the World ie;Bass Strait.Gumboot ops were seperate from the normal Boot style.There still in Hobart[i believe]

Things must have changed since 2000.....

Blundstone's gumboot operation was relocated from Laverton, near Melbourne, to Hobart, Tasmania in the fall of 2005. The Tasmania government pitched in $96,000 to help move a molding machine. Steve Gunn, a former civil servant and the company's CEO since 2001, said that the ample availability of skilled workers in Tasmania was one factor in relocating the operation.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/blundst...#ixzz1XXzGtn38

http://www.news.com.au/business/blun...-1111112844771

Beat me to it Mr Smith...

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by robbo/region15

Interesting Article,pity they hadnt Injected $US 2 Billion into Australian Operations.....


http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbu...mplex-in-india

They invested $1.8 billion about 5 years ago building the new Product Engineering offices and new facilities at the Proving Ground.

I bet they regret doing that now, since its all gone downhill since they did it.

[Polyal]

^^what the falcon hasnt done too well (last couple of months ok) but from what I hear PD is still good for another 5-10 years easy. It was a smart move, Australia is just to much of a PIA for manufacturing.

[pottery beige]

sad to say but we're stuffed as far as manufacturing goes.....

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by Bossxr8

They invested $1.8 billion about 5 years ago building the new Product Engineering offices and new facilities at the Proving Ground.

I bet they regret doing that now, since its all gone downhill since they did it.

Huh?
FoA announced that $1.1 billion would be spent over 10 years starting in 2006.
Results:

Figo for India
T6 Ranger
T6 SUV
SZ Territory
FG II Falcon
Small Car for China
Assisting other divisions with engineering support..
Design prework for post 2015 Falcon...

How much more engineering work do you want ?

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by mr smith

Big companies have milked Australia and are looking for the emerging countries where OHS, EPA and decent wages do not exist. In the new world order, our role as a country is to dig up the raw materials and get some one else to value add for the lowest cost so we can buy it back.
Greed and shareholder returns are the name of the game, make sure YOU buy Australian and just as important tell YOUR super fund you will only invest in companies that support Australia.

When it comes to purchases, my loyalty is my hip pocket, as my late father used to say...if an Australian equivelant is available at the same or lesser price, of course I'll buy it...but I'm buggered if I'm going to spend more just to prove a point.
It's exactly like small corner shops wondering why people would rather go to Woolies and buy a two liter milk instead of paying up to five bucks for it from the small shop like one near me changes...

[ILLaViTaR]

Makes sense as most new falcons are sold as taxi's.

[Gobes32]

Originally Posted by ILLaViTaR

Makes sense as most new falcons are sold as taxi's.

I think you will find that Taxi operators tend to buy them at auction. Second hand.

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by ILLaViTaR

Makes sense as most new falcons are sold as taxi's.

Not many falcon taxis up here

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

When it comes to purchases, my loyalty is my hip pocket, as my late father used to say...if an Australian equivelant is available at the same or lesser price, of course I'll buy it...but I'm buggered if I'm going to spend more just to prove a point.
It's exactly like small corner shops wondering why people would rather go to Woolies and buy a two liter milk instead of paying up to five bucks for it from the small shop like one near me changes...

aussies love a bargain... and they love to **** n moan about aussie jobs going overseas........

[buggerlugs]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Not many falcon taxis up here

Yeah, you don't seem to see them anymore. They all seem to be small little buzz boxes now..........

[fou_bleu]

Originally Posted by DJM83

Im glad i bought a well built Ford before it all goes pair shaped.

Please explain how the cars will be built worse? It'll be the same machines, measurements, everything - give or take some particular materials.

Also, your Focus isn't that great compared to it's generations competitors anyway...

Typical prejudice...