Assembly Breaking News

Ford's Chicago Plant to Assemble New Explorer

CHICAGO-Ford will produce a new Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle at its assembly plant here. Last fall, the plant on Torrence Avenue announced deep cutbacks in its payroll in response to the slumping economy and weak demand for cars that were produced there; but local leaders of the United Auto Workers say they’ve been told that Ford will begin assembly operations on the new Explorer model next year.MORE

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Events

May 1, 2024

The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

May 14, 2024

How to Drive Product Innovation With Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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