Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly is a

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-owned automobile assembly facility located in

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's ...

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, Mexico. The facility currently assembles

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and Ford Maverick (2022) models for the North American market. The facility, which began production in 1986, employs 1,500 people and covers a floor space of approximately . At its inception, the plant was jointly owned by Ford and

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, the two companies sharing production techniques. Initially all parts were shipped from Japan for final assembly of the 323 and Tracer models. Local content has gradually increased over the years with the addition of on site suppliers. The plant is unionized under SINTRAFORD. Because of the plant's

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location and drought conditions during the 1990s, the plant has reduced its water usage by 40% from earlier numbers. The plant is able to supply the city from its own wells during emergencies. In March 2019, Ford announced it would build the next-generation

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utility van at the Hermosillo plant, moving production from Spain. This plan has since been revised, as the Transit Connect has been discontinued in North America.

Flexible manufacturing

For the production of the Ford CD3 platform, Ford announced in 2003 to update the plant for increased efficiency and flexibility Ford's US$1 billion investment included construction of a supplier park near the site. The improvements facilitated quick production shifts between models. Capacity of the plant was improved to 300,000 units per year. The plant was top rated in the category of "Compact Premium Conventional" for 2007 in terms of productivity, taking an average of 20.78 hours to assemble a vehicle.

Products

Current

(2020–present) * Ford Maverick (2021–present)

Past

Lincoln MKZ The Lincoln MKZ, is a four-door, five-passenger mid-size luxury sedan manufactured by Ford and marketed as the Zephyr ( MY 2006) and as the MKZ (MY 2007–2020) by Ford's Lincoln brand across two generations in both gasoline and hybrid gas/elect ...

(2006–2020) *

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(2006–2020) *

Mercury Milan The Mercury Milan is a mid-size car manufactured by Ford Motor Company, Ford and marketed by its Mercury (automobile), Mercury division of Ford Motor Company — as a badge engineering, rebadged variant of the Ford Fusion (Americas), Ford Fusio ...

(2006–2011) * Lincoln Zephyr (2006) *

Ford Focus The Ford Focus is a compact car (C-segment in Europe) manufactured by Ford Motor Company from 1998 until 2025. It was created under Alexander Trotman's Ford 2000 plan, which aimed to globalize model development and sell one compact vehicle worl ...

(hatchback) (2000–2005) * Ford Escort (1991–2002) *

Mercury Tracer The Mercury Tracer is a compact car that was marketed by Mercury from the 1987 to 1999 model years. The replacement for the Mercury Lynx, the Tracer was also sold as a three-door and five-door hatchback and a five-door station wagon; a four-doo ...

(1988–1999)

References

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