Ford plans to roll 50,000 more F-150 and F-Series Super Duty trucks off the assembly line next year.
The automaker made the announcement Thursday as it tries to recover from unexpected production losses this year after a recent fire at Novelis, its major aluminum supplier. Production at some plants was temporarily halted because of the fire.
The move will add 900 new jobs in Michigan and 100 in Louisville at the Kentucky Truck Plant. Ford said it will add a third crew in Michigan and additional employees at the Kentucky Truck Plant to speed up production.
The goal is to produce 5,000 more trucks per year.
This announcement comes weeks after Ford announced it would be expanding its Louisville operations with a $41 million land purchase near the Kentucky Truck Plant on Chamberlain Lane, near the Gene Snyder Freeway.
The Michigan-based company purchased more than 65 acres of land that sits adjacent to the existing plant from Cincinnati-based Nine Five.
It wasn’t immediately clear what Ford plans on doing with the land. In 2023, Ford announced a $1.95 billion investment in its two Louisville facilities as part of a deal reached with the UAW that followed a 41-day strike across several plants, including two weeks of striking at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville.
Source: WDRB
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