1911 Saw the Ford Motor Company open its first factory outside of the United States in Manchester, England, with Argentina in South America being the second factory in 1913.
The first moving assembly line was introduced at the Highland Park assembly plant and was able to produce the Model T 8 times faster than previously. The Model T was only produced in Black, before the moving assembly plant there were a number of colours available but it was found the production line could move faster if all the cars were painted the same colour.
1914 saw great prosperity and Henry Ford doubled the existing minimun wage for his production workers to $5 a day.
The legendary Rouge assembly plant in Detroit began construction in 1915, to become on of the world’s great manufacturing sites.
The first Fordson tractors came to Australia in 1918 and went on to be one of the work horses of the Australian land.
1919 Saw Edsel Ford succeed Henry as Ford Motor Company president, although Henry still firmly held the reigns. 1919 was also the year the Ford branch office established in Melbourne by Ford of Canada. Canada as a Commonwealth Country had been given rights by Ford Motor Company to expand its operations into Australia.
