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History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Ford Motor Company page on 1 May 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as Ford) is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. Ford also owns Brazilian SUV manufacturer, Troller, and Australian performance car manufacturer FPV. In the past it has also produced tractors and automotive components. Ford owns a 2.1% stake in Mazda of Japan, an 8% stake in Aston Martin of the United Kingdom, and a 49% stake in Jiangling of China. It also has a number of joint-ventures, one in China (Changan Ford Mazda), one in Taiwan (Ford Lio Ho), one in Thailand (AutoAlliance Thailand), one in Turkey (Ford Otosan), and one in Russia (Ford Sollers). It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family, although they have minority ownership.
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines; by 1914 these methods were known around the world as Fordism. Ford's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover, acquired in 1989 and 2000 respectively, were sold to Tata Motors in March 2008. Ford owned the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to 2010. In 2011, Ford discontinued the Mercury brand, under which it had marketed entry-level luxury cars in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East since 1938.
During the financial crisis at the beginning of the 21st century, it was close to bankruptcy, but it has since returned to profitability.
Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker (preceded by General Motors) and the fifth-largest in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales. At the end of 2010, Ford was the fifth largest automaker in Europe. Ford is the eighth-ranked overall American-based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion. In 2008, Ford produced 5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at around 90 plants and facilities worldwide.
The company went public in 1956 but the Ford family, through special Class B shares, still retain 40 percent voting rights.
Reference Desk
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1983 Book | Ford: 1903 to 1984 by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide (David L. Lewis, Mike McCarville, Lorin Sorensen); Beekman House |
2001 Book | No Boundaries: Spirit of Adventure by Ford Motor Company; NorthWord Press |
2003 Book | Henry Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production of Hate by Neil Baldwin; Krause Publications |
Date | Document Name & Details | Documents |
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22 December 1903 | Motor Vehicle. United States Patent US 747,909 Henry Ford | PDF - 429KB - 4 pages |
13 September 1904 | Chain Adjustment for Motor-Vehicles. United States Patent US 769,734 Henry Ford | PDF - 241KB - 3 pages |
3 January 1939 | Ford Motor Co. v. Labor Board Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
11 December 1939 | Ford Motor Co. v. Beauchamp Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
8 January 1945 | Ford Co. v. Dept. of Treasury Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
15 November 1948 | Ford Motor Co. v. United States Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
6 April 1953 | Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
8 June 1959 | Ford Motor Co. v. Park Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
1960 | Books About Fords Polyprints | PNG - 158MB - 32 pages |
21 November 1960 | Ford Motor Co. v. Pace Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
8 June 1964 | Aro Manufacturing Co. Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
1971 | Books About Ford Polyprints | PNG - 104MB - 8 pages |
29 March 1972 | Ford Motor Co. v. United States Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
15 April 1975 | Vella v. Ford Motor Co. Supreme Court of the United States Decision | Text |
1 August 1985 | Statement of J. Dexter Peach, Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance, House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Activities Involving Ford Transmission "Park-to-Reverse" Incidents U.S. General Accounting Office | PDF - 1,201KB - 17 pages |
June 1986 | AUTO SAFETY: Effectiveness of Ford Transmission Settlement Still at Issue U.S. General Accounting Office | PDF - 10,025KB - 144 pages |
3 April 2000 | United States Environmental Protection Agency, Before the Administrator In the Matter of The Ford Motor Company, Respondent Order | PDF - 7KB - 2 pages |
6 September 2000 | The Recent Firestone Tire Recall Action, Focusing on the Action as it Pertains to Relevant Ford Vehicles Hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce - United States House of Representatives | PDF - 30,771KB - 1,416 pages |
12 September 2000 | Firestone Tire Recall Hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - United States Senate | PDF - 14,986KB - 117 pages |
21 September 2000 | The Recent Firestone Tire Recall Action, Focusing on the Action as it Pertains to Relevant Ford Vehicles Hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Commerce - United States House of Representatives | PDF - 30,771KB - 1,416 pages |
19 June 2001 | Ford Motor Company's Recall of Certain Firestone Tires Joint Hearing before the Subcommittees on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce - United States House of Representatives | PDF - 71,220KB - 2,071 pages |
3 July 2012 | Compression System for Internal Combustion Engine Including a Rotationally Uncoupled Exhaust Gas Turbine United States Patent US 8,210,292 B2 John D. Russell and Gopichandra Sumilla for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 1.8MB - 20 pages |
3 July 2012 | Engine Balance Masses and Drives United States Patent US 8,210,148 B2 Patrick B. Morgan and Kenneth L. Nowaczyk for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 1.2MB - 15 pages |
3 July 2012 | Fuel System with Electrically-Controllable Mechanical Pressure Regulator United States Patent US 8,210,156 B2 Vladimir V. Kokotovic, Ilya Vladimir Kolmanovsky, and Yan Wang for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 2.1MB - 15 pages |
3 July 2012 | Multi-Station Dies for Extruding Teeth United States Patent US 8,210,016 B2 Joseph Szuba and Rodney G. Whitbeck for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 705KB - 9 pages |
4 September 2012 | Automotive Vehicle Charge Port with Fault Interrupt Circuit United States Patent US 8,259,423 Allan Roy Gale, Michael W. Degner, Steven F. Chorian, and Venkateswa Anand Sankaran for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 380KB - 4 pages |
11 June 2013 | Central Turbocharger Mounting Configuration for a Twin-Turbo Engine United States Patent US 8,459,026 Patrick Matthews and Fadi Maroun Naddaf for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 4.8MB - 9 pages |
11 June 2013 | Die With Multi-Sided Cavity for Self-Piercing Riveting Process United States Patent US 8,458,881 Michael William Danyo and Aindrea McKelvey Campbell for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 4.3MB - 9 pages |
16 July 2013 | Method and System for Power Control in an Automotive Vehicle United States Patent US 8,486,574 Mark John Jennings for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 543KB - 10 pages |
30 December 2014 | Methods and Systems for Driveline Mode Transitions United States Patent US 8,924,062 B2 Dennis Craig Reed, Alex O'Connor Gibson, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Adam Nathan Banker, and Seung-Hoon Lee for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 9.7MB - 121 pages |
30 December 2014 | Methods and Systems for Launching a Vehicle United States Patent US 8,924,061 B2 Dennis Craig Reed, Alex O'Connor Gibson, Jeffrey Allen Doering, Adam Nathan Banker, and Seung-Hoon Lee for Ford Global Technologies, LLC | PDF - 9.7MB - 121 pages |
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1919 | Where and How Fords are Made 2 Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 2:16 |
1932 | Source of the Ford Car Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 8:37 |
1934 | Ford and a Century of Progress Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 8:02 |
1937 | Harvest of the Years Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 22:07 |
1938 | Automobile Economy Test Gilmore Economy Run Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 14:42 |
1939 | Tour Through the Rouge Plant Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 3:22 |
1941 | Ford Good Drivers' League Ford Motor Company | Ford Topic Page - 11:10 |
1941 | Ford Reconnaissance Cars Join the Army Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 15:39 |
1953 | American Road, The The Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 38:09 |
1956 | Trader Thorne Wilding Picture Productions for Ford | Topic Page - 22:23 |
October 1960 | Driving the Superhighways Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 136MB - 6:01 |
1964 | Styling and the Experimental Car Jerome Gould and Associates for the Ford Motor Company | Topic Page - 16:35 |
23 January 2006 | Ford Cuts North American Operations by 25 Percent Barry Wood for Voice of America News | Article Page - 2:30 |
15 September 2006 | At least 14,000 Jobs to Be Cut in Ford Restructuring Voice of America News | Article Page - 2:18 |
26 October 2010 | Ford Leads Turnaround for US Auto Industry Mil Arcega, VOA News | Article Page - 5.2MB - 2:12 |
1939 Tour Through the Rouge Plant A silent film from 1939. This film is available courtesy of FedFlix. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License (Public Domain Dedication). Download Tour Through the Rouge Plant at The Internet Archive - 3:22 | |
Late 1950's We Sell Dearborn A silent film about the Highland Park plant, dates from the late 1950's based on cars seen later in the film. This film is available courtesy of the Prelinger Archives (public domain). Download We Sell Dearborn at The Internet Archive - 343MB - 11:49 | |
History Exhibit - American Ford Auto Worker This video is about Ford workers. Produced by Soldiers of Solidarity. Download History Exhibit - American Ford Auto Worker at The Internet Archive - 2:12 | |
1 September 2016 (5:58AM) Ford Futurist Ponders a Fast-changing World Jim Randle, VOA News American auto manufacturers are trying to figure out how to adapt to the accelerating pace of change as the U.S. population ages, technology improves and societal expectations evolve. This uncertain future potentially puts billions of dollars and thousands of jobs at risk as auto executives ponder what products to create and how to build and manage them. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Dearborn, Michigan. Download Ford Futurist Ponders a Fast-changing World - 48.0MB - 2:38 | |
4 January 2017 (12:21AM) Ford to Expand Car Production in Michigan, Scraps Plan for Mexico Plant Zlatica Hoke, VOA News The Michigan-based Ford Motor Company says it has cancelled plans to build a car plant in Mexico and will instead expand its Flat Rock, Michigan assembly plant, adding 700 new jobs. Ford's announcement Tuesday came a little more than two weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who has chastised U.S. auto makers for outsourcing jobs to the neighboring country where labor is cheaper. Trump promptly focused his criticism on Ford's rival General Motors. Zlatica Hoke reports. Download Ford Futurist Ponders a Fast-changing World - 43.1MB - 2:09 |