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Earlier this week, Ford Motor Company made an announcement regarding a $1.6 billion investment in two of the company’s U.S. based assembly plants. The blue oval plans to invest $1.4 billion into the Livonia Transmission plant out of Livonia, Michigan; while a $200 million investment will be disbursed into the Ohio assembly plant out of Avon Lake, OH.

According to the press release the investments are believed to secure or even create more than 650 hourly jobs between the two plants as part of the original $9 billion United Auto Workers (UAW) agreement last year. “We are proud that Ford employs more hourly workers and builds more vehicles in the United States than any other automaker,” says Joe Hinrichs, Ford president, The Americas. “We are committed to manufacturing in the United States, as we have been for more than 100 years.” For the past five years, Ford has invested over $12 billion into its U.S. assembly plants whilst creating over 28,000 jobs in the process, which is truly a testament to the company’s commitment for U.S. based manufacturing.

Jimmy Settles, UAW vice president, National Ford Department commented on the entities’ excitement to work with ford. Settles says, “I am thrilled that through our collective bargaining with Ford we were able to secure a substantial investment for the communities of Southeast Michigan and Northeast Ohio.

The men and women of both Livonia Transmission and Ohio Assembly have shown a great commitment to manufacturing quality products, and we look forward to their continued success.”

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According to the same press release, the $1.4 billion investment into the Livonia Transmission plant will create or retain over 500 hourly positions at the plant, with Ford creating an army for producing the all-new 10-speed automatic transmission.

The new transmission will debut in an array of Ford vehicles, with the initial models including the F-series trucks. More specifically, the all-new 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor will be the first vehicle introduced with the all-new transmission choice.

As Ford progresses with its $200 million investment into the Ohio assembly plant, over 150 positions will be filled to build the remainder of the aforementioned F-series trucks. The Ohio assembly plant, which currently employs over 1,650 employees, is responsible for assembling the chassis of the F-series trucks being built at the plant. Jimmy Settles, UAW vice president, National Ford Department commented in the press release by stating, “I am thrilled that through our collective bargaining with Ford we were able to secure a substantial investment for the communities of Southeast Michigan and Northeast Ohio. The men and women of both Livonia Transmission and Ohio Assembly have shown a great commitment to manufacturing quality products, and we look forward to their continued success.”

Over the past five months, the investments Ford has committed to through its agreement with the UAW, has created or retained more than 2,800 hourly positions at its plants.

The company plans to create or retain more than 8,500 hourly positions across six different U.S. based assembly plants over the next four years; so if you’re looking to become apart of the automotive manufacturing industry, now just might be your chance to make history with the production of the all-new 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor.