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Carlos Mazón reiterates the commitment of the Consell to the Valencian automotive industry

 

• It highlights the capacity of the Almussafes factory to “adapt to new technologies and production systems”
• The head of the Consell has held a working meeting with those responsible for Ford. He has also met with the president of the Ford Almussafes Works Council
• The president has visited the Ford manufacturing plant in Almussafes to learn about the production of the new Kuga

 

The president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, has reiterated the Consell's commitment to the Valencian automotive industry, which he has defined as “an innovative, competitive and sustainable sector” during the visit he made to the Ford manufacturing plant. in Almussafes to learn about the production of the new Kuga, whose plug-in hybrid version is the best-selling in Spain and Europe. 

 

Mazón has congratulated Ford for the manufacture of the new Kuga and has highlighted “the ability of the Almussafes factory to adapt to the implementation of new technologies and production systems as an example of the value of this plant, which is a reference in the manufacture of “more sustainable automobiles designed for the mobility of the present and the future.”

 

The head of the Consell held a working meeting with Ford officials, led by the president and CEO of Ford Iberia, Jesús Alonso, and the manufacturing director of Ford Almussafes, Daniel Ruiz, among other company representatives. 

 

The president has also met with the president of the Ford Almussafes works council and general secretary of UGT-Ford, Carlos Faubel, and the secretary of the Works Committee, Beatriz Yagüe.

The highest representative of the Valencian executive has toured the Almussafes plant where he has seen the various production areas, as well as the pioneering battery assembly center, operational since September 2020 and where the Ford Kuga batteries are assembled. 

 

Also attending the visit to the Almussafes factory were the Minister of Finance, Economy and Public Administration, Ruth Merino; the Minister of Education, Universities and Employment, José Antonio Rovira; the Minister of Environment, Water, Infrastructure and Territory, Salomé Pradas; and the Minister of Innovation, Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Nuria Montes.