No new product planned for Windsor, said Ford CEO Dianne Craig
There is no new product planned for Windsor, Ford Motor Company Canada CEO Dianne Craig announced in Windsor Friday. But "we'll see what the future holds," she said.
Craig is in Windsor to talk to teachers and Catholic board administrators about labour trends for the future of the automotive industry.
Craig said her father working at Ford had nothing to do with her getting a job at the same place.
"I had no aspirations to work for the car business and I needed a job and obviously it's worked out really well," she said. "At Ford, it's not usual these days for folks to make a career, certainly the next generations coming up."
Craig's visit comes one day after the Ford Motor Co. said it will add 400 new jobs at its assembly plant in Oakville, Ont. where production of the new Ford Edge crossover SUV is set to launch.
"We now have 4,500 folks working out of Oakville, 1,400 of them hired within the last eight months, so that's certainly great for Canadian manufacturing," she said.
More to come.
