The Blue Oval is hiring 550 new employees for its Kentucky Truck Plant.
Ford is happy to announce it will boost the production of its two largest SUVs, the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator, once again to meet the increased demand for the models. After increasing the manufacturing speed at its Kentucky Truck Plant by about 25 percent about a year ago, the Blue Oval will repeat the optimization this summer after a comprehensive analysis of the cycle times of each operation by a team of specialists.
“Kentucky Truck Plant is home to two of Ford and Lincoln’s most successful vehicles,” John Savona, Ford vice president for North American manufacturing, commented. “After seeing a continued increase in customer demand for Expedition and Navigator, we are boosting production for a second time to meet it.”
In order to handle the boosted production, the Kentucky Truck Plant is adding 550 new jobs and is transferring approximately that same number of jobs from Louisville Assembly Plant. This move, which will become effective after the summer shutdown in July, will result in increased production of both the Expedition and Navigator by approximately 20 percent.
Ford is reporting sales of the Expedition were up by 35 percent last year and customers spent $62,700 on average for the model. The results for the Navigator are even more impressive with sales growing by 70 percent in 2018 compared to 2017. In fact, last year was the luxury SUV’s best sales year since 2007.
To support the growing demand for the Expedition, Ford is also launching a new ad campaign which will highlight the vehicle’s “class-leading features and capabilities, including more driver-assist technology than any vehicle in its class, best-in-class second and third-row legroom, best-in-class towing and more.” The Blue Oval will also promote the Expedition during this year’s American Country Music Awards in April.
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