Ford: Shutdown just one week at LAP - The Courier-Journal
For the third straight year, Ford Motor Co. will cut the summer shutdown from two weeks to one week to meet ongoing demand for its pickup trucks and SUV's at selected North American assembly plants, including Louisville Assembly Plant on Fern... The reduction also affects 10 stamping, transmission and axle plants and roughly 5,000 local workers at LAP and the Kentucky Stamping Plant, which is housed inside the truck plant in eastern Jefferson County. But because of strong demand for F-150, Edge, Escape and Explorer, officials said, six assembly plants and supporting powertrain and stamping plants will shut down only the week of June 29 in Louisville, as well at Chicago, Dearborn Truck, Kansas... Ford's Escape SUV and its luxury Lincoln MKC are manufactured at LAP, while F-250 and larger Super Duty pickups are produced at KTP with the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. Ford officials first said in statement that both Louisville plants would close for a week, then corrected its information Tuesday morning to say that KTP would remain on the two-week shutdown. Employees with elevated seniority at LAP can still take vacation around the one-week shutdown and other workers take the paid vacation week during other times during the summer. Source: www.courier-journal.com
