Ford today announced that it has submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Government of Tamil Nadu, confirming its intention to utilize the Chennai plant for manufacturing for export.

“If you use your Ranger for work, family or play, then you’ll know the hard life lived by the door of your vehicle,” said Tim Griffiths, test engineer, Ford Australia. That’s why Ford slams the front and rear doors on Ranger more than 100,000 times to simulate a decade of hard use in the hands of customers

Working shoulder-to-shoulder with workers on the door assembly line at Ford Thailand Manufacturing are two cobots (collaborative robots) responsible for the installation of weatherproof shields into Ranger doors, a process requiring pin-point accuracy, strength, and dexterity.

In the same way a hole in a bucket will let water leak out, certain parts in a vehicle can let in air, and that can create noise in the cabin. Chasing down these virtual and physical noise pathways is the challenge Ford’s Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) team takes on, said Mark Thompson, PhD, who is the NVH engineer for Ranger and Everest.

Designed and engineered by a global team headquartered in Australia, the Ranger is now sold in more than 180 markets around the world, and continues to build a reputation for quality, reliability and durability.

Ford Motor Company is using cutting edge manufacturing technology to ensure high quality vehicles to ensure parts and panel accuracy of 99.99 percent. Panels are scanned by Ford’s ScanBox 3D scanner, which is up to 80 percent faster than traditional methods of measurement and is able to provide all-in-one scanning, inspection and reporting at the press of a button.