Ford Adding Third Shift At Cleveland Plant, Workers From Closed Plant Filling Spots

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Ford’s Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, which is responsible for building their popular Ecoboost V6, as well as the naturally aspirated 3.7L V6 used in the F-Series and Mustang, is adding a third shift to keep up with demand. But the extra 250 jobs will largely come from the Cleveland Engine Plant No. 2, which is being shuttered this week.

It’s unfortunate that no net jobs are being added in the move, but the flipside is that production isn’t moving to Mexico or elsewhere, like so many other companies have chosen to do. The F-150 Ecoboost in particular has been a smash hit, and Ford is adding another shift at their Kansas City plant to meet demand for the F-150.

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  • 86SN2001 86SN2001 on May 02, 2012

    Amazing how many people Ford duped into getting this high-strung, overly complicated and EXPENSIVE engine...all on the basis of "fuel economy"..........when in the real world, it gets slightly WORSE mileage than the the evil 8 cylinder 5.0 (because Ford thinks all V8s are evil...thus why we need EcoBoost to save the polar bears and rain forest). Great marketing Ford.......you fooled a lot of people.

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    • 86SN2001 86SN2001 on May 04, 2012

      @LBJs Love Child That's usually how engines with forced induction work...

  • Turkina Turkina on May 02, 2012

    Does Ford have any plans in the works for the No. 2 plant, perhaps an eventual retooling for a different engine?

  • Multicam Multicam on May 02, 2012

    I love the naturally aspirated 3.7 V6 in my Mustang, but all this talk about how good the EcoBoost V6 is makes me wonder if I'd like that more... Well still, there's no doubt in my mind that I'd like the 5.0 Coyote the most.

  • Lon888 Lon888 on May 03, 2012

    I'm glad you told me that was a picture of a motor. All i see are some pulleys, what looks to a throttle body and some sort of pipe thingy. Its sad but motors are no longer mechanical pieces of art.

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