Cars

Ford, Jiangling break ground on $300m China plant

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-07-19 16:32

 

A worker glues a logo onto the rear of a Ford Focus at the Ford assembly line in the south western German city of Saarlouis December 13, 2006.[Agencies]

SHANGHAI - Ford Motor and its partly-owned Jiangling Motors Corp broke ground on Sunday on a $300 million vehicle plant in central China as the partners speed expansion in the world's largest auto market.

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The facility, capable of producing up to 300,000 units annually, will start operation at the end of 2012, the US automaker said in a statement.

Jiangling, 30 percent controlled by Ford, currently operates two plants, with combined capacity of 210,000 units, making JMC and Ford's Transit models.

Models carrying Ford and JMC nameplates will be made at the new facility, it said.