Ford and MS-RT, the Ford Professional industrial vehicles conversion partner, have announced that MS-RT is to establish a new £4 million auto conversion facility at Ford Dagenham.
MS-RT makes distinct (luxury athletics) types centered on Ford’s industrial auto nameplates – notably the Transit – and has been a Ford Capable Motor vehicle Modifier (QVM) because 2020, conference Ford’s standards in manufacturing and high quality manage and giving full warranty guidance.
Ford and MS-RT previously delight in a near collaborative romance, and with this new financial investment it presents the possibility for MS-RT to broaden its business enterprise whilst enabling a lot easier accessibility to Ford complex abilities in Dagenham and at the near-by Ford Britain Dunton Campus, the Ford Business Vehicles business enterprise group’s household in Europe.
Ford says the collaboration will speed up the growth of present-day and future MS-RT vehicles for discerning customers both in the Uk and international markets.
The new facility is intended to present function for a lot more than 50 new personnel when it will come on the net in 2022, mounting to above a hundred and twenty new work when completely operational, serving to in the regeneration of 1 of the UK’s most deprived places, and is necessary thanks to expanding buyer desire for the company’s auto conversions.
MS-RT confirmed that its present facility in Pontypool, South Wales will go on to function with no decline of work.
“This most up-to-date Ford and MS-RT cooperation supports Ford’s vision of expanding business enterprise opportunities at Ford Dagenham in addition to continuing to make innovative know-how diesel engines, and builds on our plan to mature our current market presence by strategic interactions with crucial auto converters,” explained Paul Baynes, manager, Advertising and Income – Ford Professional Motor vehicle Alternatives, Ford of Europe.
