Negative Progress: In the Russian Federation at the former Ford plant will saw firewood

Until 2019, the factory was collected by Ford Focus and Mondeo. Part of the site of the enterprise belongs to the company for processing of wooden materials. In Russia at the former Ford plant in Vsevolozhsk will establish woodworking production. Tarsh agency told about it. The wooden material processing company has concluded a lease of a part of the former Ford plant in 2022. It belonged to the Korean manufacturer of Sungwoo Hitech auto parts.

At the end of 2022, Sungwoo Hitech stopped operating at the factory. Representatives of the enterprise refused to comment on the situation. Until June 2019, the factory was collected by Ford Focus and Mondeo. The manufacturer then stopped production. "The territory of the former Ford plant belongs to the manufacturer of auto parts, but it was forced to suspend the process of launching production.

Part of the territory was leased by wood processing, and the company continues to function," - reported in the Committee of Economic Development and Investment Activity of the region. The governor of Leningrad region Drozdenko Alexander said that negotiations with Sungwoo Hitech to restart the former Ford plant was stopped. He hopes that production will still be restored. Earlier, Focus wrote that the Russian "Avtovaz" continues to create new versions for the SUV that is morally obsolete.