Articles Tagged with ''Ford Motor Co.''

DEARBORN, MI—Ford is reportedly looking to invest approximately $2.5 billion in its assembly plants in Chihuahua and Guanajuato in Mexico.

DETROIT—Heading into contract negotiations with the UAW, GM and Ford are considering asking to create a new tier of lower-paid union workers in their U.S. factories. This new pay rate for some lower-skilled jobs would help the car manufacturers lower labor costs as they compete with Asian and European rivals.

KANSAS CITY, MO—Ford Motor Co. will hand out bonus checks worth an average of $6,900 to the 7,000 full-time employees at its assembly plant in Claycomo, MO.

The 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck features an aluminum body and cargo box that’s a radical departure from conventional designs.

Ford Motor Co. recently began assembling the aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup truck at the Dearborn Truck Plant.

The groundbreaking aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup truck is assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant, the crown jewel of Ford Motor Co.’s historic Rouge Center.

Although Ford's legendary Rouge complex is almost 100 years old, it's still an impressive manufacturing facility.

Rivets, screws and other joining processes play a key role behind the new F-150.

DEARBORN, MI—Since May 2013, more than 8,000 skilled trades and production workers at Ford’s Dearborn Truck Plant and Kansas City Assembly Plant have undergone an intensive training program to support production of the new F-150 pickup.

DETROIT—For the first time since perhaps 1937, Ford Motor Co. employs more hourly American workers at its factories than General Motors.