Special report on the aftermath of Ford shutting down one year ago.

[hackney]

ABC News (7pm bulletin) Sunday night(1st of Oct) is looking at the fallout of Ford shutting down one year ago, re:the impact on former employees lives & how the various regions are doing where Ford was manufacturing.Cheers

[roddy1960]

Originally Posted by hackney

ABC News (7pm bulletin) Sunday night(1st of Oct) is looking at the fallout of Ford shutting down one year ago, re:the impact on former employees lives & how the various regions are doing where Ford was manufacturing.Cheers

G'day , Thanks for the heads up .It will be interesting to see that report. Good or bad they might learn things for the Holden and Toyota shutdowns in the next month or two. Cheers Rod.

[GASWAGON]

This will be very interesting.

Would love to know where/what all the workers have done that lived/worked around where the the factory is.

I drive past the factory every now and then as I did my trade just down the road 20 years ago.

[ratter]

I did not realise Ford shut down, I thought they just stopped manufacturing here

[hackney]

Originally Posted by ratter

I did not realise Ford shut down, I thought they just stopped manufacturing here

Thought you would have used your “common sense” on this one.Can’t win them all I guess.Maybe I should have clarified for all the people who did not realise Ford don,t “manufacture” in this country any more.Cheers

[ratter]

Do know how many I have spoken that have said ford have gone broke or closed up. They made a decision for what was best for their business and so many people post the incorrect thing, you included.

[hackney]

Originally Posted by ratter

Do know how many I have spoken that have said ford have gone broke or closed up. They made a decision for what was best for their business and so many people post the incorrect thing, you included.

I did say that I should have clarified it.But in saying that again commonsense should prevail,as it is an Australian Ford forum site.Really could not believe people would “believe” that Ford as a whole had shut down completely.Cheers

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by ratter

I did not realise Ford shut down, I thought they just stopped manufacturing here

Correct. The engineering side has created even more jobs post shutdown.

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by hackney

Thought you would have used your “common sense” on this one.Can’t win them all I guess.Maybe I should have clarified for all the people who did not realise Ford don,t “manufacture” in this country any more.Cheers

"Common sense is not very common"

and

"Common sense is a curse - those who have it have to deal with those who don't have it"

[Express]

Originally Posted by hackney

Really could not believe people would “believe” that Ford as a whole had shut down completely.Cheers

Really I can't believe that you'd believe that.

Most people have no interest in cars other than for transport and it's easy to find people who believe Ford have shut down and Holden is doing the same thing.

I don't hear anyone talking about Toyota at all as many think all their cars already come from overseas.



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[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by vztrt

Correct. The engineering side has created even more jobs post shutdown.

The Ford Motor Company in Oz have more employees now than they did last year.

Product Development is going crazy putting on engineers etc.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Fordman1

The Ford Motor Company in Oz have more employees now than they did last year.

Product Development is going crazy putting on engineers etc.

The flow on effect has created more jobs for other eng firms as well.

[au350hp]

It amazes me that you'll find people arguing over what the OP meant when it is so obvious. Why are so many people so insecure that they jump on the first comment or mistake they see? Lets all try to be a little more forgiving and remember most people have good intentions and are on here for some info or to escape lifes doldrums, not to get into petty name calling and insults.

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by vztrt

Correct. The engineering side has created even more jobs post shutdown.

I have some shares in the Harbour Bridge you might be interested in...

[Syndrome]

Has anybody been inside the factories recently? I suspect they have been gutted by now.

[Adamz Ghia]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Has anybody been inside the factories recently? I suspect they have been gutted by now.

There’s a gap in the fence in Geelong I’d love to wander through and have a look at the joint.

[Fordman1]

Originally Posted by Adamz Ghia

There’s a gap in the fence in Geelong I’d love to wander through and have a look at the joint.

Good luck with that.

The plant Has not been cleaned out yet, and security is still pretty good on site.

You can try though, I'll keep an eye on the Geelong Advertiser to see how you went.

[hackney]

Just watch out for those Dobermans .

[Bill M]

The last Toyota went down the line on the 27 September.

[Magee]

Sad to see our local car manufacturing close down. It had employee me for nearly 30 years in both component manufacturing and vehicle assembly. Our factory production lines were progressively disassembled and sold on Grays-online.

Interesting thing was when the machines were removed they left a visible footprint on the floor where they had been sitting like the chalk outline you see in detective movies where dead bodies had lay.

The only positive thing is that a lot of our equipment has been sold to small local manufacturers in other industries who are able to upgrade or expand their plants.

[Ford17]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Has anybody been inside the factories recently? I suspect they have been gutted by now.

Could you possibly tone-down your signature?

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz

I have some shares in the Harbour Bridge you might be interested in...

Good for you.

[mwb235]

Originally Posted by Roostercam

It amazes me that you'll find people arguing over what the OP meant when it is so obvious. Why are so many people so insecure that they jump on the first comment or mistake they see? Lets all try to be a little more forgiving and remember most people have good intentions and are on here for some info or to escape lifes doldrums, not to get into petty name calling and insults.

Religion is great for this too. People arguing over something that doesn’t exist. Getting uptight over nothing.

[hackney]

Originally Posted by Roostercam

It amazes me that you'll find people arguing over what the OP meant when it is so obvious. Why are so many people so insecure that they jump on the first comment or mistake they see? Lets all try to be a little more forgiving and remember most people have good intentions and are on here for some info or to escape lifes doldrums, not to get into petty name calling and insults.

Thankyou Roostercam.very much appreciated.Cheers

[jmack]

was up that way today and looked like a ghost town from sydney rd

[Syndrome]

Originally Posted by Bill M

The last Toyota went down the line on the 27 September.
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Crying shame that the Toyota Altona factory will go to waste as it was built in the 1990s and is still brand new compared to what Ford used to build the Falcon.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Crying shame that the Toyota Altona factory will go to waste as it was built in the 1990s and is still brand new compared to what Ford used to build the Falcon.

If I understand correctly it'll be a spare parts warehouse. About 1000 jobs there.

[Wretched]

Originally Posted by vztrt

If I understand correctly it'll be a spare parts warehouse. About 1000 jobs there.

Partly correct, yes they will be reverting much of Altona, manufacturing site will become southern parts warehouse (the other in western sydney).
However, it will be almost fully automated.

There are bigger and better things happening at the altona site too in the next two to three years.

TMCA are in the process of reducing their workforce from 4500 to just over 1200 AU wide.

Originally Posted by Syndrome

Crying shame that the Toyota Altona factory will go to waste as it was built in the 1990s and is still brand new compared to what Ford used to build the Falcon.

much of the equipment is very old and was due to be replaced this year, however with the closure announcement, they decided to just keep using it and patch whatever they could. Much of the h/w has little no parts available from the manufacturer and they're often specially made.
The Altona factory doesn't look/feel that modern, the back end systems are just as old but there is a lot of automation in there.

[mwb235]

Originally Posted by Ford17

Could you possibly tone-down your signature?

I think you could take it as a given Syndrome’s reply would be “NO! NE! NEIN! NON! 没有 Οχι! いいえ! NIE! нет!” but in a larger font size.