Nov20
Ford Motor Co to invest $1.15 billion in Brazil
CAMACARI, Brazil (Reuters) -- Ford Motor Co. plans to invest 2 billion reais ($1.15 billion) in Brazil through 2015, most of it on a plant in the northeastern Bahia state, to expand production and benefit from expected growth in Latin America's largest economy, the state governor said on today. As part of the investment plan, which will be officially unveiled in a ceremony with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva later today, Brazil's government will extend state and federal tax breaks to Ford, Bahia state governor Jaques Wagner said on a radio interview. A Ford spokeswoman in Brazil said the automaker would make not comment until the official ceremony at the company's Camacari plant starts at around noon (9 a.m. EST). Ford is the fourth-largest automaker by sales in Brazil and ranks second in the United States, behind General Motors Co. Brazil is a major market for global automakers such as Italy's Fiat, Germany's Volkswagen, GM and Ford. Asian and French manufacturers are also relying increasingly on Brazil to offset slumping sales at home.
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