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An idle 320-acre Ford Motor Co. plant, which during its 52 years of operation assembled 6.6 million Lincoln Continentals, Ford Thunderbirds and other vehicles before halting operations two years ago, is getting reincarnated as a renewable energy equipment manufacturing park. In a symbolic win for those hoping the U.S. can replace some of its thousands of lost automotive jobs with green ones, three greentech companies on Thursday announced a plan to retrofit a Ford assembly plant in Michigan (the state with the highest unemployment rate in the country) to manufacture equipment for wind and solar projects, and to set up a ...
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A key Michigan senate committee Wednesday approved tax credits for two alternative energy companies that want to buy the Wixom plant and convert it into a renewable energy park that could employ at least 2,800 workers within five years. Xtreme Power of Kyle, Texas, and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa Barbara, Calif., said they want to purchase the sprawling 320-acre Wixom Assembly Plant if state tax incentives and federal loans are approved. Ford said it plans to sell the factory to the companies. Officials said Xtreme could hire 2,500 workers between late 2011 and 2014, with the potential to create another 10,000 supplier-related ...
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The Ford Motor Co. said that its Wixom assembly plant will close on May 31. The Wixom plant, primarily built for Lincoln sedans and was once treated as one of the company’s flagship factories, will be closed as part of Ford’s turnaround plan. Additionally, the automaker, which lost $12.7 billion last year, has said that it will close 16 facilities and cut as many as 30,000 jobs by 2012. At the plant, there are no outward signs to remind workers of the closure after its 50 years of existence in the industry. The atmosphere is business as usual – cars churning outside and workers ... Read More
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"It’s pretty bold," Phil Hagerman told me, "for a company that has 400 employees today to say that we’re going to hire 1,000 in five years and 4,000 in 18 years, but the reality is, we’re in an industry where the tide is rising at 15% to 20% a year." Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy of Swartz Creek, founded 35 years ago by Hagerman and his father, is growing sales at a 50% annual clip by focusing on the delivery of high-cost drugs and follow-up care to people with complex medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, severe rheumatoid arthritis and various cancers. "While that sounds like a pie-in-the-sky ...
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In April, Ford Motor Company creates Lincoln as a stand-alone division separate from Mercury and announces plans to build a new Lincoln headquarters to handle administration, production and distribution. 1955 – Ground is broken on December 2 for a new Lincoln Plant in Novi, Mich. Attending the ceremony were Henry Ford II, Ben D. Mills, Vice President and General Manager of Lincoln Division, and Frazier W. Stamon, Novi Township supervisor. 1957 – On April 15, Lincoln Division’s new national headquarters – including Lincoln Assembly Plant – opens in Novi, Mich., becoming the sole producer of all domestic and export vehicles for ...
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Other than a boost for local retailers, possible reuse of an idle Ford Motor Co. plant in Wixom as a studio by Warner Bros. isn't likely to appreciably affect the commercial real estate market, brokers say. Despite the size of the property -- 4.7 million square feet shuttered more than a year ago -- the impact of such a large absorption in the market may barely be noticed. The largest impact would probably be in the collective Southeast Michigan psyche, said Jon Savoy, president of Lee & Associates of Michigan. "It would be wonderful for our image," Savoy said. "If you were with Warner Bros., and moved from ...
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Photo by M. Chris Leese View and purchase photos By KRISTINE MORRIS Contributing Writer GLEN ARBOR - “When I got laid off from my job on the assembly line at Ford’s Wixom Assembly Plant in the big recession of 1980, I thought, ‘Now what?’ Margie Guyot said. The artist, musician, and retired Ford Motor Company employee eventually decided to take an aptitude and interest ...
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The effort will establish one of the largest solar power generation systems in the state. The system will initially help power Ford's production of its new Focus and Focus Electric cars as well as next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, and then later also supply power for lighting at the plant. Ford expects to eventually save an estimated $160,000 annually in energy costs. The solar energy project is part of Edison's pilot SolarCurrents program that entails select installations of photovoltaic systems on customer rooftops and property over the next five years. Edison's $3 million investment at ...
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Sep 16, 2009 ... formally announced a deal with Ford Motor Company to purchase the former Wixom assembly plant and transform the site into the largest ...
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LANSING - In her weekly radio address, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today said three solar energy developments this week keep the momentum going for transforming Michigan into a center for green manufacturing. "On Tuesday, we announced that two companies will build solar panel manufacturing facilities in Michigan," Granholm said. "The first is Clairvoyant Energy, which will invest $857 million to convert part of Ford's former Wixom Assembly plant in Oakland County to a solar panel plant. The second company is Suniva which will invest $250 million in a new solar manufacturing facility in ...
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Ford confirmed today that it will add 1,200 jobs in Chicago to produce the next-generation Ford Explorer SUV starting in the fourth quarter of this year, giving the Dearborn automaker an opportunity to hire workers at a lower-tier wage rate for the first time. Ford said it plans to invest nearly $400 million to launch production of the new, fuel-efficient Ford Explorer. The company also will increase production at the nearby Chicago Stamping Plant. Ford’s $400-million investment includes approximately $180 million in manufacturing investment at the Chicago sites and about $220 million for launch and engineering costs. “Our ...
Ford has over 40 manufactiring sites globally, so that would be a long list. But since you mentioned Fusion/Milan, I will assume you are mostly interested in North America. Almost every Ford, Lincoln or Mercury you can buy from a dealership in the US is manufactured in North America. A few (Fusion/Milan/MKZ) in Hermosillo, Mexico; a few (Edge/MKX) in Oakville, Ontario, Canada; a few (Crown Vic/Grand Marquis/Town Car) in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada; and the rest in the US, including Kansas City (F-150/Escape/Mariner/Tribute), Lousiville (Explorer/SportTrac/SuperDuty), Dearborn (F-150/MarkLT), Wayne (Focus/Expedition/Navigator), ...
