Ford Almussafes will clearly breathe better at the end of this 2022 than a year ago. The award won by the GE2 platform, which will enable all-electric models to reach the factory from 2026, will be added. significant productive improvement. Despite the difficulties in the supply chain, which necessitates keeping the Temporary Employment Regulation File (Postponement) in force at the factory, Almussafes will close this year with a production of 245,500 vehicles, 45.7% more than a year ago, according to the latest estimates made yesterday by sources familiar with the factory’s condition.This figure, which also exceeded the 2020 record (235,400), touched its lowest value with approximately 168,000 units.
Despite all the problems that aggravated since the Ukraine war began, The improvement in Oval’s data is significant, even more so when you consider that the sector predicted a growth in its figures for this year last week, according to the estimates made by the Anfac manufacturers employers association. only about 4.8%From the 2 million recorded in 2021, it increases to 2.2 million by the end of this year.
well The development of the Valencia plant will be almost ten times better than the average of a Spanish automotive industry, which has not been able to avoid production cuts in recent months. They have also been in Valencia.– like those who suffer vigo or Figueruelas (both from Stellantis) or Seat in Martorell. Of course, in Ford’s case, the productivity drop in 2021 was 28.4% compared to 2020 data, while the drop in Spain over the same period was 7.5%.
Kuga extracts data
In this way of improving the situation, the key emblem of the current factory, Ford Kuga. More than six of the ten cars that left the Valencia facilities were of this model. – Its success has led, for example, to become the best-selling plug-in hybrid in Spain this November- Until 153,600 units are produced (about 650 per day by known estimates), an increase in growth also Connect minivans (73,200, 400 to 500 produced per day) and S-Max and Galaxy minivans, which together reached 200 production units per day this last yearhowever, they represent only 8,500 and 6,200 vehicles, respectively, for the year’s total.
Both models will be exactly these models: Production will stop after the first quarter of 2023thus, following the path Mondeo took at the end of last March, 4,000 units were produced. Of course, the Connect, whose production date is not yet known, will therefore depart from April. The only production in the factory is the Kuga and the production of minibuses waiting for the electric ones.
extension of erte
Given this perspective, in addition to future electrification, It has already been agreed from UGT-Ford that an Ere discussion will be held at the plant next year; this means that less workers are needed than electric cars, and the effect of this is the firm has reached 40% of its workforce, which will translate into the loss of 2,400 of the 6,000 jobs currently in existence at Almussafes.
Added existing context to this This Tuesday, del Erte will have a new negotiation for its extension.. Union sources pointed out yesterday that the forecast will move in the following direction: keep the current conditions of the file and maybe extend it until the end of March.