Ford Plant Closings

As part of today's "Way Forward" announcement, Ford has announced that it is closing the following plants. I have included the products produced at these plants (source: Wikipedia)

• St. Louis Assembly--Explorer, Mountaineer (which are also produced in Louisville, KY)
• Atlanta Assembly--Taurus, Sable
• Wixom Assembly--Town Car, LS, GT
• Batavia Transmission--CD4E Transmission (Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner)
• Windsor Casting--Engine blocks, crankshafts
• Two additional assembly plants, TBD

Update: Mark Fields announced that Ford will build a new "low cost" assembly plant to be located in North America. Note that he didn't say "United States", which means it could be located in Canada or Mexico.

The announcement that Wixom is closing is a real blow to Michigan. There were hopes that the plant could be saved.