Ford Motor Company History
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Telephone: (313) 322-3000
Toll Free: 800-555-5259
Fax: (313) 845-6073
Website: www.ford.com
One American Road
Dearborn, Michigan 48126-2798
U.S.A.
Dearborn, Michigan 48126-2798
U.S.A.
Telephone: (313) 322-3000
Toll Free: 800-555-5259
Fax: (313) 845-6073
Website: www.ford.com
Public Company
Incorporated:1919
Employees:327,531
Sales:$164.1 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges:New York Pacific Euronext Paris Swiss London
Ticker Symbol:F
NAIC: 336111 Automobile Manufacturing; 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing; 33612 Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing; 33621 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing; 532112 Passenger Car Leasing; 524126 Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers
Incorporated:1919
Employees:327,531
Sales:$164.1 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges:New York Pacific Euronext Paris Swiss London
Ticker Symbol:F
NAIC: 336111 Automobile Manufacturing; 336112 Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing; 33612 Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing; 33621 Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing; 532112 Passenger Car Leasing; 524126 Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers
Company Perspectives:
Our vision is to become the world's leading consumer company for automotive products and services. We are a global family with a proud heritage passionately committed to providing personal mobility for people around the world.
Key Dates:
- 1903:
- Henry Ford sets up shop in a converted wagon factory.
- 1908:
- Ford's Model T is introduced.
- 1922:
- Lincoln Motor Company is acquired.
- 1945:
- Henry Ford II is appointed company president.
- 1963:
- Ford Mustang is released.
- 1985:
- Ford Taurus is introduced.
- 1989:
- Jaguar Cars Ltd. is acquired.
- 1999:
- Swedish automaker Volvo is acquired in a $6.45 billion deal.
- 2001:
- The company takes a $2.1 billion charge to cover the cost of replacing Firestone tires on its vehicles; William Clay Ford, Jr., is named CEO.
Company History:
Further Reading:
- Beynon, Huw, Working for Ford, London: Penguin, 1984.
- "Carload of Trouble," Business Week, March 27, 2000, p. 56.
- Connelly, Mary, "Ford's Biggest Job: Lift Lincoln," Automotive News, July 31, 2000, p. 23.
- "A Crisis of Confidence," Business Week, September 18, 2000, p. 40.
- Dubashi, Jagannath, "Ford: Looking Beyond the Shadows," FW, February 6, 1990, p. 23.
- "Ford: Will Slow and Steady Win the Race?," Business Week, May 10, 2004, p. 43.
- Gelderman, Barbara, Henry Ford: The Wayward Capitalist, New York: Dial Press, 1981.
- Gross, Ken, "Ford: Big, Bigger, Biggest," Automotive Industries, July 2000, p. 64.
- Keatley, Robert, "Ford Reorganizes to Stay Competitive and Reach New Markets in the World," Wall Street Journal, July 22, 1994, p. A4.
- Kerwin, Kathleen, "One of Ford's Engines is Humming," Business Week, July 21, 2003, p. 26.
- Kerwin, Kathleen, and Joann Muller, "Bill Takes the Wheel," Business Week, November 12, 2001, p. 50.
- Lewis, David L., The Public Image of Henry Ford: An American Folk Hero and His Company, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1976.
- Meyer, Stephen, The Five Dollar Day: Labor Management and Social Control in the Ford Motor Company 1908-1921, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1981.
- Moreau, Dan, "Instant Prosperity: Behind Ford's Fast Turnaround," Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, July 1993, p. 28.
- Morris, Betsy, "Can Ford Save Ford?," Fortune, November 18, 2002, p. 52.
- "Nasser: Ford Be Nimble," Business Week, September 27, 1999, p. 42.
- Nye, David E., Henry Ford: Ignorant Idealist, Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1979.
- Reiff, Rick, "Slowing Traffic Ahead," Forbes, April 30, 1990, p. 82.
- "Remaking Ford," Business Week, October 11, 1999, p. 132.
- Sorge, Marjorie, "1999 Executive of the Year," Automotive Industries, February 1999, p. 54.
- Taylor III, Alex, "Getting Ford in Gear," Fortune, May 12, 2003, p. 102.
- ------, "The Fiasco at Ford," Fortune, February 4, 2002, p. 111.
- ------, "Why Ford's Chairman Has Kept Mostly Mum," Fortune, October 2, 2000, p. 43.
- Thomas, Charles M., "Ford Loses a Record $2.3 Billion," Automotive News, February 17, 1992, p. 4.
- Zesiger, Sue, "Ford's Hip Transplant," Fortune, May 10, 1999, p. 82.
- ------, "Mr. Ford and Mr. Nasser Learn to Share: The Lords of Ford," Fortune, October 12, 1998, p. 34.
Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol.64. St. James Press, 2004.