Product chief Phil Martens leaves Ford Motor Co.
10-10-2005, 01:31 PM
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Product chief Phil Martens leaves Ford Motor Co.
From Automotive News:
Product chief Phil Martens leaves Ford Motor Co.
Amy Wilson
Phil Martens, Ford Motor Co.'s head of production creation for North America, is leaving the company, sources said Monday afternoon.
Matt DeMars, Ford's vice president of North American vehicle operations, is also leaving the company.
"I can confirm that we've received correspondence from each of them indicating their intention to leave," Ford spokesman Oscar Suris said Monday.
In a statement, the automaker said: "Bill Ford and Mark Fields have made an assessment of the management team in the Americas and we expect they will review certain leadership changes with our board in the very near future. We would not be surprised if some people elect to leave Ford Motor Co. in the meantime. If they choose to do that, that is of course their decision."
Martens, 45, started at Ford in 1987. He was named to his current post, group vice president of product creation, on Oct. 1, 2003.
In 1999 he was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. to head product planning and development. There he led the redesign of the RX-8 sports car and creation of the Mazda6 sedan.
gotta give props to the guy at FoMoCo that OK'd the production of our beloved RX-8, best of luck to him :D
Product chief Phil Martens leaves Ford Motor Co.
Amy Wilson
Phil Martens, Ford Motor Co.'s head of production creation for North America, is leaving the company, sources said Monday afternoon.
Matt DeMars, Ford's vice president of North American vehicle operations, is also leaving the company.
"I can confirm that we've received correspondence from each of them indicating their intention to leave," Ford spokesman Oscar Suris said Monday.
In a statement, the automaker said: "Bill Ford and Mark Fields have made an assessment of the management team in the Americas and we expect they will review certain leadership changes with our board in the very near future. We would not be surprised if some people elect to leave Ford Motor Co. in the meantime. If they choose to do that, that is of course their decision."
Martens, 45, started at Ford in 1987. He was named to his current post, group vice president of product creation, on Oct. 1, 2003.
In 1999 he was assigned to Mazda Motor Corp. to head product planning and development. There he led the redesign of the RX-8 sports car and creation of the Mazda6 sedan.
10-10-2005, 09:26 PM
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Ditto. This is something I've mentioned during the various Mustang bashing sessions some people like to have here. This is the guy who also approved the 2005 Mustang and upcoming GT500. He was ORIGINALLY from Ford and took an assignment at Mazda where he lead the M6 and RX-8 dev. Let's give some credit where credit is due...
10-11-2005, 09:30 AM
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so I guess you can do a Google search on Plastech Engineered Products Inc.?? :o
Phil Martens, Ford Motor Co.'s North America product chief, is leaving the company for a leadership role at supplier Plastech Engineered Products Inc.
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