Today, the New York office of Thailand Board of Investment, Thailand’s national economic development agency, informed that Ford Motor Company has committed an additional $186m to expand its Ford Thailand Manufacturing factory (FTM) in Rayong.

In a move to meet Asia-Pacific customer demand for its Ford Ranger pickup truck, Ford is expanding production of the vehicle to its FTM facility from its joint-venture AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT) operation, which will continue to be Ford’s main Asia-Pacific production operation.

The AAT facility is projected to operate near maximum capacity, so Ford Ranger production is being added to the FTM factory production line in Rayong, which currently manufactures the Focus, Fiesta, and EcoSport models. The FTM facility has the capacity to produce upwards of180,000 vehicles per year.

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