Manufacturing Facilities: Make in India

MANUFACTURING FACILITIES: MAKE IN INDIA

The Beginning:

Ford’s Chennai Vehicle Assembly and Engine Plant (CVAEP)

• Spread over a total of 350 acres
• Integrated manufacturing facility, with an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles and 340,000 engines 
• Manufacturing Ford EcoSport and Ford Endeavour
• Investment of more than US $ 1 billion
• Establishing India as a centre of manufacturing excellence
• Exporting products to more than 37 countries across the world 
• A water-efficient and energy-efficient plant with zero solid waste discharge facility
• First plant to introduce the 3-wet high solid technology in the paint shop leading to 23% reduction of hazardous emissions 
• Impressive track record of increasing the green cover in the site premises continuously - currently 73.43 acres making it more than 20 percent of the total area
• Winner of CII ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ award in 2014 thanks to the tireless efforts towards reducing the energy consumption in the plant

Going Further:

Ford’s Sanand Vehicle Assembly and Engine Plant (SVAEP)

• Spread over a total of 460 acres comprising Stamping, Vehicle Operations, Engine Plant, Service Parts Production
• Foundation stone laid in 2012
• A world-class integrated manufacturing facility gearing to be fully operational with products rolling out by the end of first quarter of 2015
• Installed production capacity of 240,000 vehicles and 270,000 engines per annum
• Manufactures compact sedan Ford Aspire and hatchback Next-Gen Ford Figo
• Investment of over US $1 billion 
• Strengthening India’s credentials as a global export hub 
• Expansion of export markets to more than 50 with Sanand becoming operational
• A plant with best in the world energy efficient and waste mechanism in the world
• High level of automation in the body construction and final assembly areas
• Employment of more than 3000 people with a future growth plan to add 4500 more
• Supplier base of 19 located adjacent to plant