Cologne – 720 jobs threatens Ford engine plant the AUS! by VOLKER ROTERS In the engine plant at Ford in Cologne 1200 employees are anxious for their jobs. Because a part of the engine production is possibly outsourced to Romania – with that, the works council fears, 720 domestic jobs are in danger. Latest news › More from Cologne › Until now the large engines are being built in Cologne. This includes the 12-cylinder for Aston Martin as well as the 6-cylinder gasoline with a top N ockenwelle (SOHC). This 6-cylinder is intended exclusively for the American market and is shipped via the seaport Antwerp to the USA. The production of the 6-SOHC expires in 2010. This is decided. But what do the 1200 employees from the engine plant then do? Ford wants to develop and build a economical three-cylinder engine, which will significantly lower the new exhaust emission standards. This engine is not to be built in Cologne, but in the Romanian Craiova. “At least 720 jobs are at risk if we are not involved in the construction of this new, economical three-cylinder engine,” warns CEO Dieter Hinkelmann. On Saturday, Ford spokesman Bernd F. Meier confirmed that negotiations are ongoing between the works council and the management of the company, but was covered by content: “We do not report from ongoing negotiations and will not comment on this. In March, Ford took over 72.4 percent of the shares in the ex-daewoo plant in Craiova in Wallachia (South-Romania), where the “Transit Connect” model will soon be built. Ford is already planning to build 200,000 cars in Walachia in four years’ time. Ford first said that the economical, high-chargeable three-cylinder engine should only be offered on the boom market in Eastern Europe. h to comply with the new pollutant limits, it is also conceivable that the engine could also be installed in the Fiesta http://www.express.de/…/…-droht-das-aus_artikel_1216225759099.html