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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Founder | Henry Ford |
| Headquarters | Richmond, Melbourne (Head Office) Broadmeadows Assembly Plant (Asia Pacific Engineering Centre) |
Key people | Andrew Birkic (president & CEO) |
| Products | |
Number of employees | 1,800 (2023)[1] |
| Parent | Ford Motor Company |
| Website | ford.com.au |
Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known by its trading name Ford Australia) is the Australian subsidiary of United States–based automaker Ford Motor Company. It was founded in 1925 as an Australian outpost of Ford Motor Company of Canada. At that time, Ford Canada was a separate company from Ford in the US. Henry Ford had granted the manufacturing rights of Ford motor vehicles in the British Empire (later the Commonwealth) to Canadian investors.
Ford Australia's first products were Model T cars assembled from complete knock-down (CKD) kits provided by Ford of Canada. Of the many models that followed, the best known was the Falcon produced from 1972 to 2016, originally a US model introduced in Australia in 1960 and eventually adapted to Australian requirements and road conditions.
- ^ "Ford set to cut 400 jobs in coming months with Geelong workers to be most affected". ABC. Retrieved 7 July 2024.