COLOGNE (dpa-AFX) – The US carmaker Ford (Ford Motor) wants to cut 2,300 jobs in Cologne and Aachen. This was necessary for cost reasons, Ford announced in Cologne on Tuesday. Most jobs are to be eliminated in the Cologne development department in the next three years, and administration is also affected. Around 14,000 people currently work for Ford in Cologne and around 200 in the Aachen research center.
The works council had already made the project public in January and at the time even feared the loss of up to 3,200 jobs in Cologne and Aachen. Jobs are also being cut in Great Britain, and Ford wants to reduce its workforce in Europe by 3,800 men and women.
Ford is in a state of upheaval, the car company swung to an electric course relatively late. This year, the first Ford electric cars manufactured in Europe are scheduled to roll off the production line in Cologne, while the combustion model Fiesta will be discontinued. Ford is investing billions in electric production in Cologne, but with the plans that have now become known, the cathedral city is losing importance as a Ford development location./wdw/DP/men
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