Ford plant opens in Sihanoukville

21 March 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce / Investment / Sihanoukville
car market / Ford assembly plant / Ford Everest / Preah Sihanouk Province / Production / RMA / vehicles

A Ford assembly plant in Preah Sihanouk province will supply Cambodia’s limited but growing car market, the American carmaker’s local representative RMA Cambodia announced yesterday. The US$3 million investment, wholly owned by RMA, has a capacity of up to 6,000 vehicles per year, and is expected to drop the domestic price of the Ford Everest model by up to 25 per cent, according to RMA CEO Rami Sharaf. Initial production figures, however, were undetermined as the Kingdom’s second vehicle assembler tested the market. … “Production will depend on the demand we see in the market this year.”…

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