Ford Motor Company

Ib Antoni had many exciting collaborations with customers from all over the world – such as the Ford Motor Company. Ford was founded in 1903 and in the early years they produced only a few cars a day. But in 1908, the affordable Ford T was created, which brought great success to the company, that was now able to reach a new segment; the American middle class. The advantageous price was possible because Ford was the first automobile company to put cars into production on assembly line. From 12.5 hours spent on a car, it was suddenly possible to make in 2 hours and 40 minutes – and to increase productivity further, Ford ensured a doubling of the workers’ wages – and at the same time he was able to reduce their working hours to 8 hours a day. Wow! As early as 1919, Ford opened its first assembly plant in Heimsdalsgade in Nørrebro, and in 1924 it expanded to a much larger assembly plant in Sydhavnen, producing both Ford T, Ford A and later Ford models. In 1959, Ford Denmark was able to celebrate their 40th anniversary and for this, Ib Antoni had created a beautiful anniversary poster.

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