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The Welsh Government, which later said it had "strained every sinew" and met "very regularly" with Ford to try to avert the closure, created a taskforce to try to save the plant, but it did not officially convene for over eight months between July 2018 and March 2019. An offer of state aid, similar
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6% below the EU average. The Ford plant was the town's biggest employer. Its 1,700 workers earned an average of £41,000, 70% above the local average salary. It was estimated to support around 12,000 other jobs, and was also the largest business ratepayer in Bridgend, contributing £1.6M in 2019–20.
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At the start of 2015, the Bridgend plant had an annual production capacity of 750,000 engines, including 250,000 for Jaguar Land Rover, and employed a total of 2,137 people. The Volvo SI6 engine made there was discontinued in March that year, with its replacement to be made elsewhere; the plant's
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Amid Ford's global cost-cutting programme, downsizing plans leaked in January 2019 called for phased redundancies at the Bridgend plant totalling 990 by 2021. This would have left around 700 employees, 40% more than previously expected to be employed for the Dragon, but a fall of two thirds from
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Ford engines were expected to end production "in the next few years." Production of the Jaguar engines was then expected to end in 2018, with their replacements also made elsewhere. This left the plant redundant by 2018 in the absence of new work.
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drivetrain design. By 2017, Ford's planned investment had been cut by 45% to £100M ($ 129M), for a 125,000-unit annual capacity. In 2019, in an Autocar feature that forecast final-year production of only 80,000 units, Dr Peter Wells of
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in the sub-1.0-litre category every year until 2017. Hoping to repeat the Fox's success for heavier and sportier vehicles, Ford designed a scaled-up version with a displacement of 1.5 litres (91 cu in), producing up to
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as "the most generous had ever seen," were estimated at $ 650M (£510M as of 2019). Ford was also to repay £11M of the £15M Welsh Government grant supporting its failed 2015 investment in the plant.
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In June 2019, Ford briefed trade unions that the plant would close in September 2020, with production of the Dragon engine to end in February 2020. The decision prompted a threat of
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By mid-2019, according to Wells, the Bridgend plant had become clearly uneconomic due to its under-utilisation, in turn arising from lack of demand for the engines made there.
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had a plant-within-a-plant at Bridgend, which saved considerable investment costs by JLR. Staffed by workers dedicated to Jaguar production of the
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considered this unlikely, saying that Ford executives had repeatedly warned that the withdrawal "would make it impossible to operate here".
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Amid a global cost-cutting drive and citing a lack of demand for its manufacturing capacity, Ford closed the plant on 25 September 2020.
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Fifty employees were transferred to other Ford sites, while by the time of closure "most" had taken retraining offered by the company.
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277 million) to retool the factory for an annual production capacity of 250,000 engines, a third of the plant's existing capacity. The
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Ford of Europe's president stated that the decision was unrelated to the United Kingdom's planned 2021 withdrawal from the
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provided a £15M investment grant to support the retooling. Making the Dragon was expected to employ around 500 people.
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The Ford Bridgend plant closed on 25 September 2020, with decommissioning expected to be complete a few months later.
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was to invest in more efficient engines rather than hybrid drivetrains. To this end, they designed a series of small,
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and Jaguar Land Rover had already announced UK job losses, and Nissan had cancelled a planned investment in the UK.
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at Bridgend due to the plant's distance from their vehicle assembly factories, which are all located outside the
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The plant's closure was a significant blow to the economy of Bridgend, which in December 2019 had an estimated
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Ford of Europe conducted a review to decide where to build the Dragon, with the choice of plants in Bridgend,
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The Dragon engine did not repeat the success of the Fox. The engine was too large for Ford's
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2015. Ford also said at the time that it would consider plant closures.
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engine (1980–2000), used in the then new third generation
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basis. JLR moved the production of its engines to its new
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Heighton-Ginns, Laura; Prescott, Katie (28 June 2019).
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expressed interest in acquiring the plant to build its
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In the 2000s, Ford's strategy to reduce its vehicles'
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engine used in the then new third generation European
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said, "Ford’s product planning has just gone wrong."
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International Engine + Powertrain of the Year Awards
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engines, themselves discontinued in September 2020.
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Bridgend
Wales
United Kingdom
51°29′39″N 3°32′04″W / 51.494049°N 3.534508°W / 51.494049; -3.534508
Automotive
CVH engine
Zetec-E (Zeta) engine
EcoBoost engine
Welsh Government
internal combustion engine
factory
Ford of Europe
Bridgend
Wales
Volvo
Jaguar
Land Rover
"Dragon" EcoBoost engine
Jaguar AJ-V8
AJ-V6
Welsh Development Agency
CVH
Escort
Jaguar Land Rover
AJ-V8 engine
just-in-time manufacturing
Wolverhampton
Ford EcoBoost engine
tailpipe pollution

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