Hemaraj Congratulates Ford Motor on New Plant’s Stone Laying

Mr. David Nardone, President & CEO together with executives from Hemaraj Land And Development Plc., congratulated Ford Motor Company Thailand at the recent Foundation Stone Laying ceremony for Ford’s new manufacturing plant located on 468 rai (187 acres) in Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate. The occasion also marked the 15-year automotive relationship developing the “Detroit of the East” between Ford and Hemaraj.

Ford announced a US$450 million or 15 billion baht investment to construct the new state-of-the-art passenger car facility, which will start operation in 2012 with an initial production capacity of 150,000 units per year.

In the picture: Hemaraj Land And Development Plc. Executive Team led by Mr. David Nardone (6th from right), President & CEO and Mr. Vivat Jiratikarnsakul (5th from right), Executive Vice President, posed for picture with Mr. Joe Hinrichs (3rd from left), President, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, Mr. Peter Fleet (2nd from left), President, Ford ASEAN.