Michigan Assembly Plant (formerly Michigan Truck Plant) is a Ford Motor Company assembly plant. It is located in Wayne, Michigan. As of September 2008, it had 1,200 employees. The plant includes three main buildings for a total of 2,900,000 sq ft (269,000 m2) of factory floor space. Michigan Assembly originally opened in 1957, and its product history included station wagon bodies for Wayne Assembly, the Ford Bronco, and the Ford F-Series.[1] Michigan Truck is located next door to the Wayne Stamping & Assembly plant.
Ford announced in August 2008 that it will invest US$75 million in the plant to convert it to production of C1-platform compact cars. Conversion is slated to begin in November when tooling for the Expedition and Navigator is moved to Kentucky Truck Assembly.[2] In the last week of November, right on schedule, truck production ended at the plant.[3]
In May 2009, Ford stated that it will invest $550 million to retool the plant for the next-generation Focus. The cars, which will include a battery-electric version, are expected to begin production in 2010[4] and will be renamed Michigan Assembly Plant[5].
Current Products:
- None: Closed For Retool
Former Products:
References
- ^ "Michigan Truck Plant". Media.Ford.com. http://media.ford.com/plant_display.cfm?plant_id=37. Retrieved on 2008-09-10.
- ^ "Ford invests $75 million to prepare Michigan Truck Plant for small-vehicle production". Media.Ford.com. August 26, 2008. http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=28939. Retrieved on 2008-09-10.
- ^ http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081126/AUTO01/811260460/1148
- ^ Associated Press (May 6, 2009). "Ford invests $550M to bring new Focus to market". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_ford_electric_cars.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.
- ^ Associated Press (May 7, 2009). "Truck factory switch reflects Ford transition". Atlanta Journal Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/05/07/ford0507.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-12.
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Coordinates: 42°16′36.03″N -83°24′32.47″E / 42.276675°N 82.5909806°W
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