Ford Bridgend Engine Plant
The Ford Bridgend Engine Plant was an internal combustion engine factory owned by Ford of Europe and located in Bridgend, Wales. Between 1980 and 2020, it made over 22 million engines used in Ford, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover cars.
| Bridgend Engine Plant | |
|---|---|
Approach road to the Ford Engine Plant, 2009 | |
| Built | 1980 |
| Location | Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51.494049°N 3.534508°W |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Products | CVH engine (1980–2000) Zetec-E (Zeta) engine (1992–2004) EcoBoost engine (2009–2020) |
| Employees | 1,700 |
| Area | 1,525,270 square feet (141,702 m2) |
| Owner(s) | Welsh Government |
| Defunct | 25 September 2020 |
The plant's last Ford engine was the "Dragon" EcoBoost engine, produced from 2018 until February 2020. During its final months, it only made Jaguar AJ-V8 and AJ-V6 engines, themselves discontinued in September 2020.
Amid a global cost-cutting drive and citing a lack of demand for its manufacturing capacity, Ford closed the plant on 25 September 2020.
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