Ford’s new joint venture engine production facility, Chang’an Ford Mazda Engine Company Ltd. (CFME) in Nanjing, China commenced its production line with a series of engines. The Nanjing assembly and manufacturing plants will supply production operations for Ford and Mazda vehicles in China. Execs representing the three CFME partners signed a joint contract in April 2005 and then five months later broke ground for the plant, which is located in Nanjing's Jiang Ning Economic and Technological Development Zone.
The CFME characterizes an integral progression in Ford’s long-term vision and commitment for the growth of the Chinese market. Mei-Wei Cheng, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor China, Ltd. claimed. “This world-class facility and its state-of-the-art production technologies will push the industry benchmark higher in China, and help bolster the future development and expansion of Ford Motor Company and our partners in the China market”.
The partnership deal is Ford’s latest deployment approach to continue its pace in the expanding automotive market. CFME is actually one of the largest and first-class engine manufacturing plants in China. It has an immense 350,000-unit annual production facility which comprises of three major plants for machining, casting and assembly. There are five primary components of the motor that are being manufactures including the cylinder block, cylinder head, crankshaft, camshaft and connecting rod (this include those Ford tie rod ends).
The CFME’s BZ series engine is one of the world’s finest engines which capture Mazda’s latest engine cues and manufacturing methods. The BZ series engine espouses a modern aluminum cylinder head and block, intake VCT (variable cam timing), plastic intake manifold, tumble swirl control valve (TSCV) and multi-point electronic fuel injection.
The innovative features cater to the improvement of the engine’s performance which enhances more road power, better fuel economy, noise reduction, lessened harmful exhausts and meets the required Chinese government standards.
