January 18th, 2011
Ford commits to build a new vehicle at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri after current model Ford Escape production moves to the company’s Louisville Assembly Plant and retooling of the Kansas City facility is completed Ford will invest $400 million in its Kansas City facility to upgrade the plant and accommodate production of [...]
January 10th, 2011
Ford will add more than 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between this year and next in the United States As part of this job growth, Ford will begin recruiting engineers specializing in electrification at the 2011 North American International Auto Show on Wednesday and Thursday DETROIT, Jan. 10, 2011 – Ford Motor Company today [...]
December 14th, 2010
Ford Motor Company’s retooled Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., becomes the world’s first plant to build not only fuel-efficient gas-powered vehicles, but three production versions of electrified vehicles – battery electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles Production of the all-new global Ford Focus, in four-door and five-door versions, is under way with sales to [...]
December 9th, 2010
Ford is investing $600 million to transform its Louisville Assembly Plant into a state-of-the-art facility, becoming Ford’s most-flexible high-volume plant in the world When the fully transformed Louisville Assembly Plant re-opens in late 2011, it will operate on two production shifts, requiring 1,800 incremental jobs from today’s staffing levels to be filled through a combination [...]
December 1st, 2010
To prepare to build the all-new Ford Explorer, the Chicago Assembly Plant underwent a complete renovation of its assembly line and accompanying machinery, added new tools, updated workstations and conducted comprehensive training for new and existing employees Ford invested nearly $400 million in its Chicago manufacturing facilities to launch production of the Explorer and add [...]
