Dec 21st, 2008 by RJ Menezes
Ford is in the process of shutting down ten of its assembly plants in North America until the week of January 12th after which eight of the ten will resume production. “All but two of the active plants will resume production the week of Jan. 12”, Ford spokeswoman Angie Kozleski said Wednesday.
The also company announced that all North American assembly facilities will be closed during the week of January 5th except for a plant in Dearborn, Mich., making the F-150 pickup, and a factory in Kansas City, which also makes the F-150 pickup, as well as the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner small SUV’s.
The shut down are part of a plan to trim Ford’s production output by almost 38%, to only 430,000 vehicles. CEO Allan Mulally knows that if production cuts aren’t made that the snowball effect that would happen to the company would be devastating. Whether or not these shut-downs will continue to extend into the coming year remains to be seen.
Source: Auto Week
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