Ford Motor Company + Jiangling Motors Corporation, Ltd.
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn, Michigan · 3 relationships
Active relationship
Strategic Partnership · 1995–present
Jiangling Motors Corporation, Ltd.
Nanchang, Jiangxi · 1 relationship
Analysis
Ford and Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC) have maintained a long-running vehicle partnership in China since the mid-1990s. Ford described the relationship as a 20-year partnership in 2015 when production of the Ford Everest began at JMC's Xiaolan plant in Nanchang. [1]
The relationship combines manufacturing, product development and distribution. Ford and JMC jointly developed the Ford Territory for Chinese consumers, and in January 2022 they established Jiangling Ford Automobile Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a 49:51 joint venture for Ford-brand passenger vehicles produced by JMC. [2] [3]
In May 2023, Ford and JMC signed another framework agreement to expand exports of JMC-produced vehicles through Ford's global distribution network, including both electric and internal-combustion commercial vehicles. [4] The repeated expansion from local manufacturing into co-development, passenger-vehicle distribution and exports supports treating Ford-JMC as an active strategic partnership rather than a single isolated transaction.
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Dearborn, Michigan · 3 records in this database
Ford Motor Company has operated since 1903, when Henry Ford founded the company that would become the Ford global brand. Ford’s history identifies the Model T, introduced in 1908, as the vehicle that put the world on wheels, and identifies Highland Park as the site where the company’s moving assembly line was successfully introduced in 1913. [1] [2] [3]
The Model T was designed to be affordable, simple to operate, and durable, and Ford says more than 15 million were built and sold before production ended in 1927. The moving assembly line changed the production sequence by bringing the vehicle to workers station by station; Ford reports that the process reduced Model T assembly time to 90 minutes and helped lower its price from $825 in 1908 to $260 in 1925. [2] [3]
Ford’s current vehicle business is organized into three customer-focused segments: Ford Blue, which primarily covers Ford and Lincoln internal-combustion and hybrid vehicles and related parts and services; Ford Model e, which focuses on electric vehicles and digital-vehicle technologies; and Ford Pro, which serves commercial customers. Ford also provides financial services through Ford Credit and has an integrated-services effort for software-enabled customer experiences. [4]
Ford remains based in Dearborn, Michigan, and reports operations across North America and more than 125 countries. Its present scope combines vehicle design, manufacturing, marketing, financing, servicing, electrification, software, and commercial-fleet offerings, making the company both a mass-market automaker and a provider of related mobility and financial services. [5] [6]
Jiangling Motors Corporation, Ltd.
Nanchang, Jiangxi · 1 record in this database
Jiangling Motors Corporation, Ltd. (JMC) is a Shenzhen-listed vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Nanchang, Jiangxi. Its public filings identify the company as a Sino-foreign joint-stock enterprise and list its headquarters at No. 2111 Yingbin Middle Avenue in Nanchang. [1]
Ford and JMC have worked together for decades on commercial and passenger vehicles. Ford described the relationship as a 20-year partnership in 2015, later developed Ford Territory vehicles with JMC, and in 2022 formed a new 49:51 passenger-vehicle joint venture. [2] [3]