DEARBORN (dpa-AFX) - Ford Motor Co. (F) Monday said it is welcoming a third crew of 900 new hourly workers at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to meet surging customer demand for the Ford F-150. Ford F-150 is part of the Ford F-Series lineup.
The additional production crew is Ford's first step in bringing more than 2,000 jobs to Kansas City Assembly Plant to meet growing truck demand and to launch production of the all-new Ford Transit van early next year.
Through July, Ford F-Series sales is 50 percent higher than the second-best-selling vehicle in America.
With the additional crew at Kansas City Assembly Plant, the company has reached 75 percent of its goal to create 12,000 hourly jobs in the U.S. by 2015.
Ford has added 2,335 hourly jobs and 1,500 salary jobs in the U.S. this year.
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