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Ford to move engine work from Spain to Ohio

Detroit Free Press -- Ford is moving production of a popular small engine from Spain to the Cleveland area as sales of four-cylinder engines rise.

Later this week, Ford is to announce a $200-million investment at its factory in Brook Park, Ohio, so it can make the four-cylinder, 2-liter EcoBoost engine, according to a person briefed on the matter. The move will add about 450 jobs at the factory that now employs about 1,300 hourly and salaried workers.

The factory now makes two larger six-cylinder engines.

Ford and other carmakers are looking to four-cylinder turbocharged motors to help meet stricter U.S. fuel economy rules. And as pump prices again surge toward $4 a gallon, the engines satisfy driver demand for better mileage.

The 2-liter EcoBoost engine is manufactured in Valencia, Spain, and shipped to th

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,818 Points:1,636,245 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 25, 2013 3:58:28 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse overall lots cheaper to make engines for the US market in the North American region.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,818 Points:1,636,245 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 24, 2013 5:04:25 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse good for Ford (though I still won't by one). Obviously, global economic conditions are deteriorating. Let's move all production back to the US and get the country into better shape again).
SUVFan Champion Author Columbus Posts:14,167 Points:1,660,280 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2013 8:58:28 AM Ignore SUVFan Report Abuse Hats off to Governor Kasich and his administration for creating a job friendly climate here in Ohio. This is the first good news I've heard associated with Brook Park in many years.
Canucktree Champion Author Alberta Posts:5,023 Points:1,046,915 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2013 8:16:05 AM Ignore Canucktree Report Abuse Have to vote on other news!!
afghaned Champion Author Hamilton Posts:11,977 Points:1,312,860 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2013 12:22:00 AM Ignore afghaned Report Abuse Great for jobs.
HawaiianGuy Champion Author Idaho Posts:9,660 Points:3,105,615 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Feb 22, 2013 12:13:03 AM Ignore HawaiianGuy Report Abuse Another winning "move" by Ford! Spain is already in enough trouble as it is.
EssexAdri Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,168 Points:284,770 Joined:Jul 2010	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 11:52:20 PM Ignore EssexAdri Report Abuse shipping those engines over here after they are (hopefully soon, "were") built in Spain cost how much?... How much fuel is the ship carrying them going to burn through just on the trip from Spain to here? having just retired from 20 yrs in the navy, I have made that trip several times over the yrs, and I'll tell you, "its a lot" and marine fuel is by no means cheap. Then add in the expense of the crews for those ships, for the loaders & unloaders, the docking fees, support services (trash & sewage offload when arriving in port),...etc...etc...etc... the Laws of Economics & Logistics dictates that these cost will eventually be rolled into the cost of the product to the consumer. There is no "legal" way for it to be or have been cheaper to manufacture these engines in Spain and then ship them here than it would have cost to just build them here to begin with. Companies outsourcing like this are taking "kickbacks" from foreign companies & governments to do their business there, and then using tax code loopholes to write off the excess cost on their taxes. Simply put, the companies (or high ranking individuals in the company) are getting money &/or perks "under the table" and then the company takes a deduction on their taxes for the extra incurred expenses, and then "double-dips" by padding the cost into the finished product. It all sounds like a big conspiracy theory, but in truth, its just how the companies play the system against itself to make higher profits on cheaper products. So what's the sudden change? for starters, more people are paying attention to how high their taxes are, and are complaining. Lawmakers are making changes to the tax laws, closing loopholes in the system. doing that on a business level is easier to hide than on individuals, because people are more concerned about defending their own tax deductions than caring what businesses can do, and the businesses aren't going to raise too much of a stink about loosing some of their "bag of tricks" for fear of the public learning of them and the bottomline profits they make after all is said and done. 2ndly (and becoming more of an impact), people are actually starting to care about where the products they consume are being manufactured. Not out of any sense of patriotism, but because every foreign product represents a job they themselves could have had, if they product was manufactured here. This is definitely prevalent with high cost products that use to be manufactured heavily here in the US. As a final point, a few hundred jobs created here is a drop in the bucket compared to what these companies need to do. They need to quit playing "Scrouge" and get back to creating thousands of jobs at the time. I'm actually disappointed to see people getting excited over a few jobs created here, a couple dozen there, a couple hundred here, 450 there. In the past 10 years, we have lost over "8 Million" jobs in the US. These "drop in the bucket" numbers of returning or new jobs is akin to a line of Martin Sheen's in the movie Apocalypse Now, "...we cut the in half with a machine gun, and then patched them up with a band-aid, and sent on their way...". We need thousands of jobs at the time. The major companies and corporations of the country need to wake up to reality. If we don't have jobs, then we can't keep buying what they're selling. Regardless of where they make it. [Edited by: EssexAdri at 2/22/2013 1:56:59 AM EST]
mcmonsta Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,342 Points:844,495 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 11:27:46 PM Ignore mcmonsta Report Abuse if it means more USA jobs...hell yes and welcome back!!!
Nshmidt Rookie Author New York Posts:78 Points:139,335 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:56:37 PM Ignore Nshmidt Report Abuse Welcome back home!
Buddy2264 Champion Author Tampa Posts:11,792 Points:2,386,695 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:54:38 PM Ignore Buddy2264 Report Abuse Good more "made in the US" and more jobs returning.
jep39 Champion Author California Posts:1,182 Points:1,248,985 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:45:43 PM Ignore jep39 Report Abuse My first vehicle was a Jeep made by Ford with a four cylinder flat-head engine. I believe it was an AJ civilian model made before WWII.
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RAE344 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:3,202 Points:687,270 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:30:47 PM Ignore RAE344 Report Abuse Europe is abandoning Ford, so Ford is abandoning Europe.
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unclenorman Champion Author Tampa Posts:1,474 Points:165,880 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:25:48 PM Ignore unclenorman Report Abuse Anybody out there remember when Ford built engines in Canada? The Windsor 390 V-8 was powerful and efficient.
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J Eric Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:10,385 Points:2,093,070 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:23:17 PM Ignore J Eric Report Abuse With the higher percentages of Latino workers in the US, I guess it makes sense; workers in Ohio can speak Spanish!
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CCLighthouse Champion Author Hartford Posts:1,126 Points:237,725 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:17:24 PM Ignore CCLighthouse Report Abuse We used to be the manufacturing giant! Bring it back!
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TheeRedRam Champion Author Hartford Posts:3,298 Points:699,360 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:16:32 PM Ignore TheeRedRam Report Abuse It is a start
jkpsr Champion Author New Jersey Posts:4,202 Points:1,126,940 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:15:06 PM Ignore jkpsr Report Abuse Ford does it again. What about the 3 cylinder diesel engine?
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BobD2009 Champion Author Long Island Posts:7,124 Points:1,266,510 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:13:43 PM Ignore BobD2009 Report Abuse That's great. Ford is an excellent company and makes a good product.
tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:5,609 Points:800,300 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:13:01 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Too much back & forth on mileage. They currently do not try to meet the real 50mpg. What they are doing is stop-gap./
Rooster922 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:3,920 Points:681,820 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:12:55 PM Ignore Rooster922 Report Abuse Well . . . really
singlemom27 Champion Author Ventura Posts:3,248 Points:666,910 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:11:52 PM Ignore singlemom27 Report Abuse Wow! That's great news...I remember that plant at full capacity in the 60s and early 70s.
pa79th Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,917 Points:1,242,825 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2013 10:11:41 PM Ignore pa79th Report Abuse Ford again make a move that says it is a stong American corporation. Good for Ford!
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