S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Ford United States is going to use Sigma engines, manufactured at Brazilian plants, on its new generation of Fiesta 1.6 model vehicles. The engine is a 4-cylinder and, according to the company, is long-lasting and economical.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Sigma 1.6L is the newest example out of over 30 advanced technology engines that we are launching from now until 2013. Each of these engines is going to deliver the power that our new customers want, combined with the fuel economy that they need,\u201d stated Jim Farley, Ford\u2019s Global Marketing vice-president for operations in Canada, Mexico and South America.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is yet another tangible example of our One Ford strategy, which includes making the best possible use of our technologies and global manufacturing capacities,\u201d added the executive in a press release issued by Ford.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a great acknowledgement for Brazil to have its engines chosen to supply one of the world\u2019s most demanding markets, equipping a new product whose importance is strategic to Ford\u2019s business in the United States,\u201d said Marcos de Oliveira, president of Ford in Brazil and the Mercosur. \u201cThe Sigma engine combines performance and fuel economy,\u201d he claimed, also in a press release.<\/p>\n
In South America, in turn, the first vehicle to use a Sigma engine is the Novo Focus (New Focus), equipped with the 1.6 Flex version developed in Brazil.<\/p>\n
Investment <\/b><\/p>\n
In order to manufacture the new generation of engines, Ford invested 600 million Brazilian reals (US$ 344 million) in expanding its industrial complex in the city of Taubat\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, in November 2009, the automaker announced the highest figure ever invested in one single cycle in its 90 years in Brazil: 4 billion reals (US$ 2.2 billion) from 2011 to 2015, with the objective of preparing its operations to match the expansion of Brazilian economy and increase its global competitiveness.<\/p>\n
According to a press release issued at the time by the company, 2.8 billion reals (US$ 1.6 billion) would be invested in the Brazilian Northeast, in order to increase capacity at the plant in Cama\u00e7ari, in the state of Bahia, to 300,000 units per year, creating 1,000 new jobs, and also to modernize the Troller jeep manufacturing plant in Horizonte, in the state of Cear\u00e1.<\/p>\n
The company had also invested 370 million reals (US$ 212 million) in its Ford Trucks operations, in the city of S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo, in the Greater S\u00e3o Paulo region.<\/p>\n
\u201cFord Brazil is the company\u2019s third largest subsidiary worldwide, sales-wise. It has factories in the cities of S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo and Taubat\u00e9, both in the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, Cama\u00e7ari, in the state of Bahia, plus a Testing Facility in Tatu\u00ed, also in S\u00e3o Paulo, and the Troller manufacturing operation, in the state of Cear\u00e1,\u201d stated Marcos de Oliveira, president of Ford in Brazil and the Mercosur, in a release issued in 2009.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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