Business Chief US+CAN Magazine December 2017 | Page 28

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08 FORD DEARBORN TRUCK ASSEMBLY , MICHIGAN

Just outside Detroit , Michigan , where the auto industry began , Ford is still assembling vehicles , albeit in a new production facility . Opened in 2004 and occupying 2.6mn sq ft , the Dearborn Truck Assembly plant is one of two factories building the fullsize F150 pickup . In 2015 this was yet again the best-selling vehicle in North America . Of the 780,000 F-150 ’ s sold , 365,350 came out of the Dearborn plant . The other half were built in Kansas City , Missouri , which also features on this list .
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