Ford Cuts Week Off SUV Plant Shutdown to Handle Demand
June 17 2016 - 10:10AM
Dow Jones News
DEARBORN, Mich.—Ford Motor Co. is knocking a week off the
traditional two-week summer shutdown at three SUV plants to handle
increased demand.
The company said it would use the extra week of production to
make another 22,000 SUVs at factories in Louisville, Ken.;
Oakville, Ontario, and Chicago.
The factories make the Ford Escape, Edge, Flex and Explorer
sport-utility vehicles and Lincoln counterparts.
Sales of the four Ford SUVs are up 8.5% through May to just over
305,000.
Ford's pickup truck plant in Louisville also will shut down for
only a week as it switches to a new Super Duty F-series truck. The
rest of the company's North American plants will close for
maintenance and machine retooling as scheduled from July 4 to
15.
Copyright 2016 Associated Press
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 17, 2016 09:55 ET (13:55 GMT)
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