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The Ford Union (original spelling: Форд-Юніён) is a former joint venture of the Ford Motor Company, the Russian Lada importer Lada-OMC and the Belarusian government. It was located in Apčak near the city of Minsk in Belarus. Ford invested a capital of US$10,000,000 for building the plant. The company existed from 1997 up to 2000 when it was closed due to low sales.[1][2][3]
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Native name | Форд-Юніён |
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| Industry | Automotive industry |
| Founded | July 1997 |
| Defunct | July 2000 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Great Britain, Eastern Europe and CIS |
Key people | Alan Batty (CEO) |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Owner | Ford Motor Company: 51% Belarusian government: 26% Lada-OMC: 23% |
The Ford Union was not a manufacturer, it was only an assembler of SKD kits. The vehicles assembled by the Belarusian plant can be identified by the manufacturer code Y4F on the start on the VIN and an R on the eleventh position for the plant identification.[4][5]
The plant become well known on 23 July 1997 as president Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko was invited to a press conference with five strategically selected foreign journalists to discuss a predicted failure which later proved true.
Model overview
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Ford Transit
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Ford Escort
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Sources
edit- ^ "Hell on wheels?". The Economist. 24 July 1997. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Ford To Halt Assembly in Belarus July Due To Low Demand". findarticles.com. 2 June 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Russel R. Miller (1998). Selling to newly emerging markets. p. 192. ISBN 1-56720-044-3. Retrieved 27 June 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ford Club Belarus • Просмотр темы – vin КОД" (in Russian). Forum.fordclub.org. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ "VIN: FORD (europe)" (in Russian). CARInfo. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
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