Production and Capacity
BEST PLANT
We at Ford Otosan have completed the lean line placement, and fully installed our manufacturing system via ‘Ford Production Systems’ (FPS), which in return has provided us with an edge in productivity and competitiveness that technology and lean production enables. This is why we continue to be named the best plant year after year in the audits conducted by Ford Europe FPS office.
We have been selected as the best plant to implement the switch-over process, which Ford launched in 2011 to bring together all production systems under one roof as “Global Ford Production Systems,” by adopting it rapidly and effectively also we were the first company to implement the system within the ecosystem of Ford of Europe in this manners.
CAPACITY
Ford Otosan is Turkey’s largest commercial vehicle production company with the capability to produce 934,500 units annually.
Our Kocaeli Plants, with a total production capacity of 612,500 units, boast the largest commercial vehicle production capacity in Europe. This includes 207,000 units at our Gölcük Plant, where the Transit model is produced, and 405,000 units at our Yeniköy Plant, dedicated to manufacturing the Custom model. At our Craiova Plant, the capacity for Puma and Courier is 300,000. Finally, our Eskişehir Plant, which produces Ford Trucks' heavy-duty trucks and tractors, has an annual capacity of 22,500 units.
81% CAPACITY USE
Ford Otosan's total production units reached 633.000 units in 2024, with an annual increase of 7%, thanks to the renewed models. In the same period, Ford Otosan realized 28% of Türkiye's total vehicle production and 83% of commercial vehicle production. While the total capacity utilization rate was 81% in this period, our capacity utilization rates at our plants were realized as 76% at Gölcük plant, 80% at Yeniköy plant and 90% at Croiva plant.