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Ford Motor Company (also called simply Ford NYSE: F), is an American company that manufactures and sells automobiles worldwide. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Metro Detroit, the automaker was founded by an American legend, Henry Ford and incorporated in 1903. Ford now encompasses many brands globally, including Lincoln and Mercury in the US, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Land Rover of Great Britain, and Volvo (cars) of Sweden. Ford also owns a one-third controlling interest of Mazda, and is listed as the world's third largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2005. Ford is also one of the world's ten largest corporations by revenue. Moving Companys Facts $12. In 1999, Ford ranked as one of the world's most profitable corporations.

Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars, and large-scale management of an industrial workforce, especially elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by the moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's combination of highly efficient factories, highly paid workers, and low prices revolutionized manufacturing and came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914.

History

Ford was launched from a converted wagon factory in 1903, with $28,000 cash from twelve investors. During its early years, the company produced just a few cars a day at its factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit. Groups of two or three men worked on each car from components made to order by other companies. Try some of our Related Links:.