Feb 7, 2017
Unite union ultimatum to Ford over Bridgend plant
The Unite union has given Ford management a two week ultimatum to produce a five-year plan for its engine factory in Bridgend. Ford announced in 2015 that Bridgend would be making its new Dragon petrol engine, with the aim of producing 250,000 engines a year. The plant currently makes 250,000 engines a year for Jaguar Land Rover and also 500,000 of Ford's own Sigma engines but it is due to stop producing both in 2018. Last September, Ford announced Dragon production would be cut to 125,000 engines a year and investment would reduce from £181m to £100m. It said there had been "Fluctuations" in global demand, predicting that required numbers of the new engine would be "Lower than originally planned". Bridgend has a capacity to produce three times what the original Dragon deal offered and concern by unions has intensified that it signals the start of a run down of the plant.
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