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Monday, April 11, 2011
ford cars american multinational automaker
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK. Ford's former UK subsidiaries Jaguar and Land Rover were sold to Tata Motors of India in March 2008. In 2010 Ford sold Volvo to Geely Automobile. Ford discontinued the Mercury brand at the end of 2010.
Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914.
Ford is the second largest automaker in the U.S. and the fifth-largest in the world based on annual vehicle sales in 2010. At the end of 2010, Ford was the fifth largest automaker in Europe. Ford is the eighth-ranked overall American-based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion. In 2008, Ford produced 5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at around 90 plants and facilities worldwide. During the automotive crisis, Ford's worldwide unit volume dropped to 4.817 million in 2009. In 2010, Ford earned a net profit of $6.6 billion and reduced its debt from $33.6 billion to $14.5 billion lowering interest payments by $1 billion following its 2009 net profit of $2.7 billion. Starting in 2007, Ford received more initial quality survey awards from J. D. Power and Associates than any other automaker. Five of Ford's vehicles ranked at the top of their categories and fourteen vehicles ranked in the top three.
Contents
* 1 Corporate governance
* 2 Market developments
o 2.1 "The Way Forward"
* 3 Brands
* 4 Global markets
o 4.1 North America
o 4.2 Europe
o 4.3 Asia Pacific
o 4.4 South America
o 4.5 Africa and Middle East
* 5 Environmental initiatives
o 5.1 Compressed natural gas
o 5.2 Flexible fuel vehicles
o 5.3 Electric vehicles
+ 5.3.1 Hybrid electric vehicles
+ 5.3.2 All-electric vehicles
o 5.4 Hydrogen
o 5.5 Increased fuel efficiency
o 5.6 PC Power Management
* 6 Auto racing
o 6.1 Stock car racing
o 6.2 Formula One
o 6.3 Rally
o 6.4 Sports cars
o 6.5 Touring cars
o 6.6 Other
* 7 Ford trucks
* 8 Bus products
* 9 Ford tractors
* 10 History
* 11 See also
* 12 Notes
* 13 References and further reading
o 13.1 Ford Motor Company
* 14 External links
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Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914.
Ford is the second largest automaker in the U.S. and the fifth-largest in the world based on annual vehicle sales in 2010. At the end of 2010, Ford was the fifth largest automaker in Europe. Ford is the eighth-ranked overall American-based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion. In 2008, Ford produced 5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at around 90 plants and facilities worldwide. During the automotive crisis, Ford's worldwide unit volume dropped to 4.817 million in 2009. In 2010, Ford earned a net profit of $6.6 billion and reduced its debt from $33.6 billion to $14.5 billion lowering interest payments by $1 billion following its 2009 net profit of $2.7 billion. Starting in 2007, Ford received more initial quality survey awards from J. D. Power and Associates than any other automaker. Five of Ford's vehicles ranked at the top of their categories and fourteen vehicles ranked in the top three.
Contents
* 1 Corporate governance
* 2 Market developments
o 2.1 "The Way Forward"
* 3 Brands
* 4 Global markets
o 4.1 North America
o 4.2 Europe
o 4.3 Asia Pacific
o 4.4 South America
o 4.5 Africa and Middle East
* 5 Environmental initiatives
o 5.1 Compressed natural gas
o 5.2 Flexible fuel vehicles
o 5.3 Electric vehicles
+ 5.3.1 Hybrid electric vehicles
+ 5.3.2 All-electric vehicles
o 5.4 Hydrogen
o 5.5 Increased fuel efficiency
o 5.6 PC Power Management
* 6 Auto racing
o 6.1 Stock car racing
o 6.2 Formula One
o 6.3 Rally
o 6.4 Sports cars
o 6.5 Touring cars
o 6.6 Other
* 7 Ford trucks
* 8 Bus products
* 9 Ford tractors
* 10 History
* 11 See also
* 12 Notes
* 13 References and further reading
o 13.1 Ford Motor Company
* 14 External links
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
honda corporate profile
Corporate profile and divisions
Honda headquarters building in Japan
Honda is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Their shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Switzerland.
The company has assembly plants around the globe. These plants are located in China, the United States, Pakistan, Canada, England, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Turkey and Perú. As of July 2010, 89 percent of Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States were built in North American plants, up from 82.2 percent a year earlier. This shields profits from the yen’s advance to a 15-year high against the dollar.
Honda's Net Sales and Other Operating Revenue by Geographical Regions in 2007.
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Honda headquarters building in Japan
Honda is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Their shares trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Switzerland.
The company has assembly plants around the globe. These plants are located in China, the United States, Pakistan, Canada, England, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Turkey and Perú. As of July 2010, 89 percent of Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States were built in North American plants, up from 82.2 percent a year earlier. This shields profits from the yen’s advance to a 15-year high against the dollar.
Honda's Net Sales and Other Operating Revenue by Geographical Regions in 2007.
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cars American animated
Cars is a 2006 American animated family film produced by Pixar and directed by both John Lasseter and Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and the final film by Pixar before it was bought by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles, it features voices by Owen Wilson, Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature), Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, Tony Shalhoub, John Ratzenberger, George Carlin, Larry the Cable Guy and Michael Keaton as well as voice cameos by several celebrities including Jeremy Piven, Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Bob Costas, Darrell Waltrip, Jay Leno, Michael Schumacher, Tom and Ray Magliozzi from NPR's Car Talk, and Mario Andretti. The film is also the second Pixar film to have an entirely non-human cast after A Bug's Life.
Cars premiered on May 26, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, and was released on June 9, 2006, to generally favorable reviews. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. It was released on DVD November 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc in late 2007. Related merchandise, including scale models of several of the cars, broke records for retail sales of merchandise based on a Disney·Pixar film, with an estimated $5 billion in sales.
A sequel, Cars 2, is currently in production and set for release on June 24, 2011.
Contents
* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 Production
o 3.1 Development
o 3.2 Animation
o 3.3 Settings
+ 3.3.1 Radiator Springs and vicinity
+ 3.3.2 Continuity
+ 3.3.3 Route 66
o 3.4 Cameo
* 4 Soundtrack
* 5 Release
o 5.1 Critical reception
o 5.2 Box office
o 5.3 Awards
o 5.4 Home media release
o 5.5 Video game
o 5.6 Merchandising
* 6 Similar films
* 7 References
* 8 External links
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Cars premiered on May 26, 2006 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, and was released on June 9, 2006, to generally favorable reviews. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. It was released on DVD November 7, 2006 and on Blu-ray Disc in late 2007. Related merchandise, including scale models of several of the cars, broke records for retail sales of merchandise based on a Disney·Pixar film, with an estimated $5 billion in sales.
A sequel, Cars 2, is currently in production and set for release on June 24, 2011.
Contents
* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 Production
o 3.1 Development
o 3.2 Animation
o 3.3 Settings
+ 3.3.1 Radiator Springs and vicinity
+ 3.3.2 Continuity
+ 3.3.3 Route 66
o 3.4 Cameo
* 4 Soundtrack
* 5 Release
o 5.1 Critical reception
o 5.2 Box office
o 5.3 Awards
o 5.4 Home media release
o 5.5 Video game
o 5.6 Merchandising
* 6 Similar films
* 7 References
* 8 External links
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