Days later, on … Ford factories in Saarlouis and Cologne in Germany, Valencia in Spain and Craiova in Romania, will reopen on Monday. Per regulations, the factory is encoded into each vehicle's VIN as character 11 for North American models, and character 8 for European models.. For a listing of Ford's proving grounds and test facilities see Ford Proving Grounds Ford's plant in Cologne will halt production of the Fiesta, shown.

The following is a list of current and former facilities of Ford Motor Company for manufacturing automobiles and other components. Prior to this, the two companies avoided marketing their vehicles in one another's domestic markets, and in much of the rest of western Europe were direct com… Image source: Ford Motor Company. Ford said its European operations are “on track” for significant improvement this year.

Earlier, Ford halted production at its Cologne and Saarlouis plants in Germany, as well as its Valencia, Spain, and Craiova, Romania, plants. Vehicle and engine production planned to restart at most of Ford’s main manufacturing sites in continental Europe, in a phased approach, from May 4. 28-Apr-2020 | COLOGNE, Germany. Ford of Europe was founded in 1967 by the merger of the British, German and Irish divisions of the Ford Motor Company. Ford closes plants in continental Europe. transmission plant in France and an assembly site in Russia. Its engine plant in Valencia will open on 18 May. Gradual ramp-up over the next few months before full production is resumed. The Cologne and Saarlouis plants manufacture the Fiesta and Focus sedans, respectively, for European markets. The front-engined Ford Transit range of panel vans launched in 1965, was the first formal co-operation between the two entities, simultaneously developed to replace the German Ford Taunus Transit and the British Ford Thames 400E.