| Company type | Limited |
|---|---|
| Founded | early 1917 as a sales organisation (as a separate company) |
| Founder | Henry Ford |
| Defunct | ( as a car building factory) 1984 |
| Headquarters | Elm Court, Boreenmanna Rd, Ballintemple, Cork , |
Area served | Republic of Ireland |
History
editHenry Ford & sons is a subsidiary of Ford motor company and is a sales division in Ireland for Ford. It was founded in early 1917 as a sales organisation (as a separate company). But in the same year, Henry Ford came to Ireland to trace his roots back to Cork. While over in Ireland, he opened an assembly plant on the marina in Corks docklands on April 17th 1917 [1]. He decided to open his plan here as his father was from Ballinascarty county Cork [2].
The company then merged with ford of Britain in late 1917 (later Ford of Europe in 1967) as a car assembly factory. cars were assembled using knock-down kits from fords Dagenham plant is Essex. the factory closed during the was ( the emergency as it was called in Ireland ), But it did send over 500 workers over to Dagenham to help with the building of cars there. [3].
After Ireland joined the EEC in 1972, the plant started exporting cars to most of Western Europe. This meant that most cars made at the Marina plant would have been exported. Even though there had been £2,000,000 had been spent on upgrading the plant in '60s, [4] The main reason was it was not preforming so that a profit was made.Ford made the decision to close the plant [5]. Henry Ford & son's later became a sales organisation.