Ford to boost factory output at Chicago plants and others

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http://www.suntimes.com/business/12400561-420/ford-to-boost-factory-output-at-chicago-plants-and-others.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS May 8, 2012 1:56PM

DETROIT — Rising car and truck sales have prompted Ford Motor Co. to add a week of production at 13 North American factories, including the Chicago assembly plant, so the company can make another 40,000 vehicles this year at its factories.

Ford said Tuesday that it would cut in half the normal two-week summer shutdown at six assembly plants and seven engine and parts plants. Normally auto plants close for two weeks around the July 4 holiday as they switch over to make vehicles for the next model year.

Factories that will work the extra week include Chicago Assembly, which makes the Ford Explorer SUV and Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS large cars; Dearborn Truck, in Dearborn, Mich., which makes F-Series trucks; Louisville Assembly in Louisville, Ky., which will make the new Ford Escape small SUV; Kentucky Truck in Louisville, which makes heavy-duty pickups and the Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition big SUVs; Michigan Assembly in Wayne, Mich., which makes the Ford Focus compact; and Kansas City Assembly in Claycomo, Mo., which makes F-150 pickups.

Other factories with the added week include Dearborn Engine, Chicago Stamping, Cleveland Engine No. 1, Lima Engine in Lima, Ohio; Essex Engine in Windsor, Ontario; Sterling Axle in Sterling Heights, Mich., which makes transmission and engine parts; and the Rawsonville parts plant in Ypsilanti Township, Mich.

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1. And the jobs just keeps on coming

I'd rather have a picture of a ford as the keys to anything else. Fords have done my family good