* Michigan - Ford adds Super Duty capacity to Ohio Assembly Plant
-- Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it will add Super Duty chassis cab capacity to its Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake. Until now, Super Duty has been built at the automaker’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville... Ohio Assembly employs about 1,400 and makes F-650 and F-750 medium-duty trucks, Ford E-Series cutaway vans and stripped chassis. The new production will include F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty chassis cab configurations... It’s unclear how many Super Duty cabs will be produced in Ohio; a Ford spokesman said the company will match capacity with customer demand...
(Photo: Ford Motor Co. - Ford’s all-new Super Duty will go on sale late in 2016 as a 2017 model) -- Dearborn, MICH, USA -- The Detroit News, by Michael Martinez - January 25, 2016
** Michigan - Market conditions in each country difficult to grow sales or make sustained profits
-- Ford Motor Co. is pulling out of Japan and Indonesia, saying that market conditions in each country have made it difficult to grow sales or make sustained profits... The 12-nation Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in its current form will not improve Ford’s ability to compete there, he said. Congress could vote on the pact this year... Neither market is large for the Dearborn automaker. Last year Ford sold only 6,100 cars and trucks in Indonesia and only 5,000 in Japan, where it has accused the government of protecting domestic brands... Ford will exit the countries before the end of the year and plans to explain to customers its commitment to servicing cars, providing parts and making warranty repairs...
(Photo: Ford logo shines on the front grille of a 2014 Ford F-150) -- Dearborn, MICH, USA - AP/The Detroit News, by Tom Krisher - January 25, 2016Labels: truckmakers news USA
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