Ford’s Dagenham site in east London has built over 40m engines since starting in 1931.
Once much like River Rouge in Detroit, a raw materials to finished cars site, Dagenham built its last car in February 2002 and now specialises in fuel-efficient diesel engines for Ford cars and commercial vehicles and supplies other automakers – Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Volvo. Over 50 per cent of global Ford diesel engine demand is supplied by Dagenham.
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Ford Britain chairman Joe Greenwell said: “Dagenham producing 40m engines is a significant milestone for Ford’s biggest UK site. It now produces Ford’s most fuel-efficient engine in the 1.6-litre TDCi unit and exports to 12 countries around the world as part of our global ‘One Ford’ strategy. This site is helping to power the UK’s sustainable economic recovery.”
Production for Ford vehicles accounts for around 70% of Dagenham’s output, with the balance comprising over 270,000 engines for Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Volvo.
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Total production of petrol engines from Ford Bridgend in Wales and diesel engines from Ford Dagenham is sufficient to power one-in-three of Ford vehicles produced globally. These two plants have a total combined UK production capacity of two million engines, of which over 85% are exported.
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By GlobalDataFord Dagenham is increasing the number of engines and parts shipped to Argentina, Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, North America, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and The Philippines.
In 2003 an additional plant was opened – the wind-powered Dagenham Diesel Centre – following an investment of GBP325m. The plant supports over 300 design and engineering roles in addition to hundreds of specialised manufacturing positions. Dagenham’s low-CO2 facility produces over 2,500 engines per day and 600,000 per year, accounting for over 50% of the total annual production of 1,000,000 engines.
