Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is spending more than $773
million on new equipment and capacity expansions across six manufacturing
facilities in southeast Michigan as it delivers on a commitment to invest $6.2
billion in U.S. plants by 2015.
The investments in Michigan will create 2,350 new hourly
jobs and allow the company to retain an additional 3,240 hourly jobs. The 2,350
new positions are part of the 12,000 hourly jobs that Ford is adding across the
U.S. by 2015.
"Even as we wrap up an incredibly busy year of capacity
expansions and product launches, we are continuing to look to the
future," said Jim Tetreault, Ford
vice president of North America Manufacturing. "These investments, many of
which are already under way, will ensure our southeast Michigan manufacturing facilities
can support our aggressive growth plans."
Expansion work at several plants started earlier this year
to increase Ford's capacity to provide transmissions and axles to support
growing demand for fuel efficient vehicles and F-Series pickup trucks.
In addition, over the next six months Ford will bring a new
stamping press on line at Michigan Assembly Plant; install equipment for four
new stamping presses at Dearborn Stamping Plant; and finish expansion work at
Flat Rock Assembly Plant to produce the new Fusion next year.
Specifically, Ford is making investments at the following
locations:
* Michigan Assembly Plant - $59.4 million for stamping press
line expansion
* Dearborn Stamping Plant - $305 million for plant
modernization, new press lines, scrap conveyor system and other machinery and
equipment
* Flat Rock Assembly - $161 million for machinery and
equipment to assemble the new Ford Fusion and as an additional production
facility
* Sterling Axle Plant - $86 million for machinery and
equipment investment to meet axle demand increase and future model changes
* Van Dyke Transmission - $87.7 million for machinery and
equipment investment to meet capacity expansions for 6F35 and 6F50
transmissions
* Livonia Transmission - $74.7 million for machinery and
equipment investment for transmission expansion and test equipment
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