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The goal of setting up the ford motor company of brazil was twofold. Mack was a senior sales executive with the company and a close associate of bennetts. Fords brief history 1903 ford motor company founded in michigan 1908 model t introduced 19 first moving automobile assembly line in the world 1956 fords stocks go on sale 10. Henry ford established the ford motor company in 1903, and five years later the company rolled out the first model t.
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