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ITEM 2. Properties.
Our principal properties include manufacturing and assembly facilities, distribution centers, warehouses, sales or
administrative offices, and engineering centers.
We own substantially all of our U.S. manufacturing and assembly facilities. Our facilities are situated in various
sections of the country and include assembly plants, engine plants, casting plants, metal stamping plants, transmission
plants, and other component plants. About half of our distribution centers are leased (we own approximately 51% of the
total square footage, and lease the balance). A substantial amount of our warehousing is provided by third-party providers
under service contracts. Because the facilities provided pursuant to third-party service contracts need not be dedicated
exclusively or even primarily to our use, these spaces are not included in the number of distribution centers/warehouses
listed in the table below. The majority of the warehouses that we operate are leased, although many of our manufacturing
and assembly facilities contain some warehousing space. Substantially all of our sales offices are leased space.
Approximately 98% of the total square footage of our engineering centers and our supplementary research and
development space is owned by us.
In addition, we maintain and operate manufacturing plants, assembly facilities, parts distribution centers, and
engineering centers outside of the United States. We own substantially all of our non-U.S. manufacturing plants,
assembly facilities, and engineering centers. The majority of our parts distribution centers outside of the United States are
either leased or provided by vendors under service contracts.
We and the entities that we consolidated as of December 31, 2014 use eight regional engineering, research, and
development centers, and 62 manufacturing plants as shown in the table below:
Segment Plants
North America 30
South America 8
Europe 12
Middle East & Africa 2
Asia Pacific 10
Total 62
Included in the number of plants shown above are plants that are operated by us or our consolidated joint ventures
that support our Automotive sector. The significant consolidated joint ventures and the number of plants each owns are
as follows:
• Ford Lio Ho Motor Company Ltd. (“FLH”) — a joint venture in Taiwan among Ford (70% partner), the Lio Ho
Group (25% partner), and individual shareholders (5% ownership in aggregate) that assembles a variety of Ford
and Mazda vehicles sourced from Ford as well as Mazda. In addition to domestic assembly, FLH also has local
product development capability to modify component parts for local needs, and imports Ford brand built-up
vehicles from the Asia Pacific Africa region, Europe, and the United States. The joint venture operates one plant
in Taiwan.
• Ford Vietnam Limited — a joint venture between Ford (75% partner) and Diesel Song Cong One Member Limited
Liability Company (a subsidiary of the Vietnam Engine and Agricultural Machinery Corporation, which in turn is
owned by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade)(25% partner). Ford Vietnam Limited assembles and
distributes a variety of Ford passenger and commercial vehicle models. The joint venture operates one plant in
Vietnam.
In addition to the plants that we operate directly or that are operated by our consolidated joint ventures, additional
plants that support our Automotive sector are operated by unconsolidated joint ventures of which we are a partner. These
plants are not included in the number of plants shown in the table above. The most significant of these joint ventures are
as follows:
• AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (“AAT”) — a 50/50 joint venture between Ford and Mazda that owns and
operates a manufacturing plant in Rayong, Thailand. AAT produces Ford and Mazda products for domestic and
export sales.
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