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Ford Motor Co. (F) is in the Auto Industry
- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $172.4B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- ($2.7B)
- Market Cap
- Nov 19 2008
- $14.0M
Latest News and Analysis
Learn about the World Auto Parts and Accessories Market
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Car Parts and supply industry is available in its catalogue. World Auto Parts and Accessories Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p092453/World-Auto-Parts-and-Accessories--Market.html This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Auto Parts and Accessories in Billions of US$....
Mustang Bullitt
‘I’m Ready for My Chase Scene’ Forty years ago Steve McQueen popped his Mustang GT over San Francisco ’ s pointy hills in “ Bullitt. ” Ford pays homage to that iconic man-car...
Near-Dry Machining Cuts the Heat
Systems for supplying minimum quantities of cutting fluid are slipping into shops that use traditional flood-cooling-though slowly "Metal working fluids are not costly in themselves, but they can run up the costs of production if poorly chosen or improperly handled and controlled." This is a reasonable observation for...
Goodson showcases products.(LITERATURE Showcase)
Goodson Tools & Supplies for Engine Builders released their eight-page 2007 catalog featuring new products, including their spark plug repair kit for all aluminum and Ford heads, various Magnaflux kits and manual valve-spring compressor adapters. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Goodson Tools 2007 catalog.(LITERATURE Showcase)
Goodson Tools & Supplies for Engine Builders released their eight-page 2007 catalog featuring new products, including their spark plug repair kit for all aluminum and Ford heads, various Manaflux kits, and manual valve spring compressor adapters. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Bellwether Report.com is Observing.
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 September 2006-bellwetherreport.com: Bellwether Report.com is ObservingC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04092006 The Bellwether Report Takes Notice of Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYZ) Steel Wheels is more than a Stones album -- it's a living for Hayes Lemmerz....
Just when things were starting to lighten up.(annual gatheing of Society of Automotive Engineers )(Editorial)
When the Society of Automotive Engineers held their annual gathering earlier this year there were over 60 presentations about automotive designing with magnesium. There were dozens of other topics covered, too, of course, but magnesium's emergence as a viable material for automotive construction was clear. With...
Slowed by U.S. automakers, superior refocuses strategy
The past two years have not been kind for Van Nuys-based Superior Industries International Inc. as the company has seen its stock price drop, mirroring the fortunes of its main business partners the Ford Motor Company and General Motors. Now, in an attempt to refocus the business, Superior has decided...
Astro Air of Jacksonville, Texas, has begun fabricating brazed copper-brass heat exchangers to replace aluminum heat exchangers in some motor vehicles made by General Motors and Ford.(metal chips)(Brief Article)
Astro Air of Jacksonville, Texas, has begun fabricating brazed copper-brass heat exchangers to replace aluminum heat exchangers in some motor vehicles made by ... Astro Air of Jacksonville, Texas, has begun fabricating brazed copper-brass heat exchangers to replace aluminum heat exchangers in some ...
Re-Engineering A LEGEND
Ford has applied low-investment processes and flexible manufacturing to build its GT supercarThe original Ford GT 40 was a racing machine developed during the 1960s to do one thing: end Ferrari's dominance of the famous 24-hour race at Le Mans. The car became a legend when it swept the podium...
Steel and aluminum automotive sheet joined by spot welding.(WELDING/JOINING)
The world's first friction stir welding FSW direct spot joining technology to join steel and aluminum has been announced by Mazda Motor Corp., div. Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich. Up to now, welding two different metals such as steel and aluminum h The world's first friction...
Has your painted aluminum hood started to blister or bubble only a few months after it was repainted?(SERVICE TiP)
Has your painted aluminum hood started to blister or bubble only a few months after it was repainted? Ford Technical Service Bulletin TSB 0425-1 suggests that iron contamination from body-shop tools and sanding materials may be the cause.
Winning composites: SPE competition brings out the best in automotive engicomposites--and other neering thermoplastics, too.
IF YOU THINK THAT CARBON-FIBER COMPOSITES BELONG ONLY IN THE AIR AND ON racetracks, think again. The 34th annual Society of Plastics Engineers' Innovation Awards, which honor the year's best automotive plastics applications, not only featured innovations in injection-molded thermoplastic parts (see sidebar on page 66)...
Aluminum-bronze tool provides strength, nonspark ability.(FORMING/PROCESSING)
An aluminum bronze alloy was chosen by Aristo Cast, Almont, Mich., to investment cast a non-sparking tool designed to remove a fuel pump from the inside of the Ford Focus fuel tank. Winner of the Automotive Award in the Investment Casting Institute's Casting Contest, the fuel...
Energy-saving stamping system.(Technology Trends)
The Entrepreneurs for Energy Efficiency (E3) of Houston presented the National Energy Savers Award to Ford Motor Co. for its work in commercializing the Force Modulator System. This system, developed by Smedberg Machine Corp., Chicago, and marketed by Metalforming Controls Corporation, Cary, Ill., is a new,...
Ford GT has FSW chassis, and aluminum frame, block, and panels.(Automotive Materials)
The Ford GT all-aluminum space frame is comprised of 35 extrusions, seven complex castings, two semi-solid formed castings, and various stamped aluminum panels. The structure has two unique features: A large center tunnel to house the mid-mounted fue The Ford GT all-aluminum space frame is comprised...
Marking a Muscle Car
Ford Motor Co. is using programmable peen marking technology to place critical identification marks on aluminum cylinder heads for the 2005 Ford GT engine.The Unigrav special marking machine designed and built by Columbia Marking Tools (Harrison Township, MI) marks numbers on the cylinder head bearing caps to correspond with those...
The fast and the furious: concept vehicles that stole the show at their debut in Detroit were fast, faster, and fastest.(Automotive Industry Focus)
The love affair with fast, hot cars is still going strong at Detroit's North American International Auto Show. Old favorites such as Ford's Shelby Cobra have come back to life as concept vehicles. Chrysler's 850-hp super rocket, the ME Four-Twelve, is slated to hit streets as...
L A Aluminum offers students aid for "future truck" entry.(Metalcasting News)(Brief Article)
LA Aluminum Casting Co., Hayden Lake, ID, is helping the University of Idaho's Future Truck Team to fine-tune a heat treatment for an aluminum casting that's part of the prototype to be entered in the Future Truck competition. The contest, June 9-17, at Ford's Proving Ground...
Making critical marks on automotive parts.(Case Histories)
Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Mich., uses a special Richter UniGrav programmable peen-marking machine built by Columbia Marking Tools to place critical identification marks oil the aluminum cylinder heads of the 2005 Ford GT DOHC engine. The I.D. numbers on the cylinder-head-bearing caps, which correspond with those...
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- Incorporated: 1919
- CEO: Mr. Alan Mulally
Ford Motor is engaged in producing vehicles, as well as in other businesses, including financing vehicles. Co.'s automotive sector manufactures and sells cars and trucks, as well as provides retail customers with a range of after-the-sale vehicle services and products through its dealer network and other channels, in areas such as maintenance and light repair, heavy repair, collision, vehicle accessories and extended service warranty. Co.'s financial services sector primarily includes Ford Motor Credit, which primarily includes vehicle-related financing, leasing and insurance. As of Dec 31 2007, Co.'s vehicle brands included Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, and Volvo.
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Ford Motor Co. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. William Clay Ford Jr.
Chairman
Mr. Gerald L. Shaheen
Mr. John L. Thornton
Mr. Stephen G. Butler
Ms. Kimberly A. Casiano
Mr. Edsel B. Ford II
Mr. Irvine O. Hockaday Jr.
Mr. Richard A. Manoogian
Ms. Ellen R. Marram
Mr. Alan Mulally
Dr. Homer A. Neal Ph.D.
Contact Information
One American Road
Dearborn, MI
313 322-3000
NAICS Code
Automobile Manufacturing: 336111
