{"id":35383,"date":"2011-01-19T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T05:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=35383"},"modified":"2011-01-19T09:05:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T14:05:58","slug":"ford-to-invest-400-million-in-kansas-city-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2011\/01\/ford-to-invest-400-million-in-kansas-city-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford to Invest $400 Million in Kansas City Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-492\" href=\"\/2009\/01\/global-meltdown-drives-ford-59-billion-into-red\/ford-2003-black-college-football-road-trip-logo-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-492\" title=\"Ford Logo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/ford-logo1-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a>Ford will invest $400 million in its Kansas City factory to produce an unspecified vehicle, while retaining 3,750 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The plant currently builds F-150s and Escapes, but Escape production is moving to Louisville.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation about the vehicle that will be built at Kansas City centers on the 2012 C-Max, a seven-passenger microvan that is similar is size to the Mazda 5.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34524\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/subscribe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34524\" title=\"Subscribe 11\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Subscribe-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Subscribe-11.jpg 152w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Subscribe-11-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breaking News...Subscribe Now!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis investment and promise of a new vehicle to be built in Kansas    City reinforces Ford\u2019s commitment to U.S. manufacturing and American    jobs,\u201d said Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvesting in    our plants, products and people is critical to Ford\u2019s ability to  compete   with the best in the business. Ford is committed to doing  everything  it  takes to work with its partners, including the United  Auto Workers,  to  remain competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35384\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-35384\" href=\"\/2011\/01\/ford-to-invest-400-million-in-kansas-city-plant\/ford-c-max-at-naias\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35384\" title=\"Ford C-MAX at NAIAS\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ford-C-Max-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ford-C-Max-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ford-C-Max-400x241.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ford-C-Max-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ford-C-Max-398x240.jpg 398w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ford-C-Max-812x490.jpg 812w, https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Ford-C-Max.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ford is investing $400 million in its Kansas City plant, but the automaker hasn&#39;t announced what vehicle it will build. The C-Max microvan seems to be a likely choice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ford worked closely with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and the Missouri state Legislature in passage of the 2010 Missouri Manufacturing Jobs   Act. The legislation provides tax incentives for certified automotive   manufacturers that commit to new investments and job retention in   Missouri and suppliers who create new jobs in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s  announcement ensures that next-generation vehicles will be  built right  here in Missouri, by the best workforce in the country,\u201d  said Nixon.  \u201cLast year, we came together to pass the Missouri  Manufacturing Jobs  Act to help our state compete for the production jobs  of the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 4.7 million square-foot plant, located in Claycomo, Mo., opened in 1951 and currently runs three shifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford is investing $400 million in its Kansas City, Mo., plant, but what will the automaker build there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35383"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=35383"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=35383"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=35383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}