Louisville: Ford to invest $600 million in plant expansion; add 1,800 jobs

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: Louisville Assembly plant will add 1,800 workers to build Escape; retooled facility's technology to provide production flexibility.

Officials with Ford Motor Co. announced that its Louisville Assembly Plant will undergo a $600 million renovation to accommodate assembly of the next-generation Ford Escape, a lighter, more fuel-efficient sport-utility vehicle than the Explorers currently assembled there.

Marcey Evans, manufacturing communications manager with Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford, said the plant, which currently operates one shift, will add a second shift and 1,800 new jobs to the existing employment of about 1,100.

The new Escape will be built on Ford's C-car platform.

 

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