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media type="youtube" key="w4y272NI7J8" height="344" width="425" Ford - A TNC Some basic facts: By the late 1990s, Ford was: Ford India In 1995 Ford moved into India. They opened an integrated high-tech manufacturing plant. The site was huge and covers 140 hectares and can make 100,000 vechicles a day. Why did Ford choose India?
 * The world's second largest car manufacturer
 * Employs over 300,000 people
 * Its headquarters are in Detroit which is known as the rusty city as a lot of car manufacturer headquarters are located there
 * manufacturing or assembling, cars worldwide
 * locating new factories in LEDCs
 * making different parts, for different models in different countries
 * facing competition from other manufacturers
 * employs about 1800 people
 * has 94 Indian suppliers
 * has 33 dealerships in India
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It has a huge population - over 1.3 billion people so there is a big market for cars
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">it maybe an LEDC but it has a high-earning middle class
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">labour costs are much cheaper than in MEDCs