Ford to cut 1,100 jobs in Spain after other European layoffs

MADRID –

Ford Motor Co. introduced Friday that it’ll lower round 1,100 jobs at its plant within the jap Spanish metropolis of Valencia.

The cuts are along with the two,300 layoffs largely in Germany and the United Kingdom that the automaker introduced final month as a part of a “leaner, more competitive cost structure in Europe.”

Ford Spain stated in a press release that it notified unions on Friday of what it described as “a profound restructuring of its operations.” Ford has lately championed the Valencia plant as its most well-liked web site to assemble “next-generation” electrical autos on the continent.

Jose Luis Parra Navarro, a UGT union spokesman, stated the workforce would turn out to be “surplus” when the plant switched to creating electrical automobiles as a result of the work “requires less labor.”

The plant is Ford’s solely such facility in Spain and at the moment employs 5,400 folks.

The job cuts have been “mainly due to the already announced discontinuing production of the S-Max and Galaxy models in April 2023,” Ford Spain stated in an e mail.

The Dearborn, Michigan-based firm has a method to supply an all-electric fleet in Europe by 2035 and says manufacturing of its first European-built electrical automotive is predicted to begin later this yr.

The job cuts come amid a sea change within the international auto trade from gas-guzzling combustion engines to electrical autos. Governments are pushing to scale back the emissions that contribute to local weather change, and a ensuing race to develop electrical autos has generated intense competitors amongst automakers.

In January, Ford introduced a brand new solar energy plant had opened on the Valencia facility because it seems to turn out to be a carbon-neutral business.