Ford to invest $75 million in the retooling of its Michigan Truck Plant
08/26/2008, 7:06 PM
By Drew Johnson
Ford announced on Tuesday that it will be investing $75 million in its Michigan Truck Plant. The move is just the first in a series of investments that will see Ford convert three of its truck plants to produce smaller, more economical vehicles. The Michigan Truck Plant currently produced the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator.
The conversion of the Michigan Truck Plant is expected to begin in November, when Ford will move Expedition and Navigator production to its Louisville, Kentucky plant. The $75 million will go towards the retooling of the plant’s body shop in preparation of producing a new range of European compact cars in 2010.
In the interim, 1,000 of the plants workers will be transferred to Ford’s nearby Wayne Assembly Plant, which produces the popular Ford Focus.
“This is the best plan to meet consumer demand and utilize our assets at Michigan Truck and other facilities, both in the near term and long term,” Joe Hinrichs, Ford group vice president of global manufacturing and labor affairs, told The Detroit News.
08/26, 7:28 PM
posted by:
F451
This article is refreshing…more than seeing a dated photo op shot of Lutz posing next to his jet in all his arrogance. There’s construction jobs here for Americans.
08/26, 10:13 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
I really hope the domestics can hang on for another 2 years. There are a lot of promising vehicles coming down the pipe. Same old question however: why didn’t they act about 2 years earlier? Or 2 decades for that matter.
08/26, 10:54 PM
posted by:
anti-believer
While their added they retool the executives by getting rid of all the old farts form last century
08/26, 11:39 PM
posted by:
tzu13
Anti-believer: If they did that, there wouldn’t be anyone left but the 8> kids in the factory daycare.
08/27, 12:46 AM
posted by:
olds307
people like johnny been saying that same old rhetoric for years. get over yourselves. regardless of the news stories GM and Ford combined sell more cars than anyone worldwide. I’m sure they’re making plenty of money. They may be losing money anywhere from in a major market, down to an individual deadbeat employee… but theres plenty of money to be made and they’re making it, regardless of the doom and gloom sayers in the newpapers, or the nobody schmucks posting on this website.
08/27, 12:02 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Yes! Please kill off Expedition and Navigator… what a waste.