Ford to Sell Romanian Plant to Turkish Joint Venture

Ford to Sell Romanian Plant to Turkish Joint Venture
The Ford logo is seen at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, on Jan. 15, 2019. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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Ford Motor Co.’s Turkish joint venture will buy the U.S. company’s Craiova plant in Romania for 575 million euros ($630 million) and plans to move Courier van production there, the company said on Monday.

Ford Otosan, the joint venture with Turkey’s Koc Holding, will pay an additional 140 million euros to Ford over the next decade according to certain capacity utilization criteria, the company said.