Replies to post #14151 on Ford Motor Company (F)

[Lion33]

Lol!!! Tell that to the rest of the corporations that have way more product made outside the U.S. than Ford does. Let alone what ever you buy from a foreign company goes back out of the country.

[N4longterm]

Did you even read the article?

They are moving production to make room for more profitable vehicles in Michigan. Not only no job losses, but potentially larger profit-sharing checks for the workers.

Ford's plan to rehouse output of the Focus compact car from Michigan to a new $1.6 billion plant being built in Mexico, which isn't expected to result in job losses, remains on track for 2018, Chief Executive Mark Fields said in an interview on Friday.

"We have made the decision to move the Focus out, and we're making that investment now," Mr. Fields said. "When you look at moving the Focus out of our Michigan assembly plant, that's to make room for new products -- zero jobs affected, zero jobs impacted."

The Dearborn, Mich., auto maker is expected to replace the cars headed to Mexico with more-profitable pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles to keep the Michigan plant humming amid soaring demand for such vehicles. Unionized auto workers would keep their jobs and potentially receive larger profit-sharing checks should Ford's operating profits in North America increase.