Blanquefort Gearbox Plant: Ford management presented a closure plan to unions at the factory to include layoffs and early retirements that may take effect from September 2019, the company said in ...

French unions have teamed to strongly condemn Ford's decision to shutter its transmission site at Blanquefort near Bordeaux, making 850 staff redundant. Rhodri Morgan February 27, 2019 Share ...

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HDF Energy has set up its 7,000 m² plant on the site of Ford's former gearbox manufacturing plant in Blanquefort, near Bordeaux (France). HDF Energy's factory is part of the ‘HDF Industry' project, a ...