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scheduled automotive program launches in 2018 and 2019, as tooling spend is expected to reach $13.7 billion in 2017 in support of the upcoming programs. “Mold and die shops reported a signifi cant increase in their number of tools shipped this year,” Laurie Harbour, president and CEO of HRI, said in a statement. “We attribute this increase to the strong automotive forecast, which shows new vehicle entry and redesign programs doubling.”
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Ford Cancels Mexican Plant After Trump Criticism
ord Motor Co. said Jan. 3 it’s canceling a $1.6 billion factory in Mexico after criticism from Republican Donald
Trump during the presidential campaign. Instead, Ford (Dearborn, MI) will invest $700 million at its Flat Rock, MI, plant to build autonomous and electric vehicles. The money for Flat Rock will come from funds that had been earmarked for the now-canceled Mexican plant.
Trump had attacked Ford for its plans to shift Focus small-car production to Mexico. The Republican talked about imposing 35% tariffs on cars produced there. Trump was scheduled to take offi ce as president on Jan. 20.
Ford Chief Executive Offi cer Mark Fields told The Wall Street Journal in December that the automaker was still proceeding with the plan to build small cars at a new factory in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, starting in 2018. “We have made the decision to move the Focus out,
and we’re making that investment now,” Fields told the newspaper at the time. The Focus currently is made in Wayne, MI. The next- generation Focus now will be built at an existing Ford plant in Hermosillo, Mexico. The company Jan. 9 said new ver- sions of the Ranger and Bronco trucks will be assembled at Wayne, a move that would secure 3500 jobs there. At Flat Rock, 700 jobs will be added as part of the expansion. The factory produces the Ford Mustang and the Lincoln Continental. It will add a new small electric sport-
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