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Expansion at Ford Motor Company’s Silverton assembly plant will add 1 200 jobs to Ford’s workforce and increase annual installed production of the Ford Ranger to 200 000 units (up from 168 000). The plant also will manufacture Volkswagen pickup trucks as part of the Ford-VW strategic alliance. An overall country investment of R15.8-billion includes R10.3- billion to be spent on upgrades at Silverton to increase production volumes and drive improvements in production efficiency and vehicle quality. Credit: Ford Motor Company

KEY SECTORS

Overviews of the main economic sectors of Gauteng