The authorities of Tatarstan spoke about the situation at the Sollers Ford plant

There are no decisions on resuming the work of the Sollers Ford automobile plant, employees can be transferred to another job. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of Tatarstan, Minister of Economy of the Republic Midkhat Shagiakhmetov. "Everything that concerns compensation for workers who are idle, they are all being implemented. There are no complaints from the workers," he said. As a reminder, the Sollers Ford plant in Yelabuga has been idle since March 3rd due to the decision of the Ford Motor Company to suspend temporarily the activities and operations of the joint venture.

As noted, the management of Sollers Ford will take all legal actions to ensure social obligations to the team during the period of forced downtime and to ensure the resumption of the enterprise's work as soon as possible after a decision is made by Ford Motor Company. As AUTOSTAT previously reported, in May, Russian Ford dealers sold 238 Ford Transit light commercial vehicles, which is 85% lower than a year before. According to the results of five months of 2022, sales of this model in our country were 4661 cars, which are 29% lower than in the same period of the previous year, according to the AEB.