Kentucky Truck Assembly Explained

Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant
Operated:1969–present
Location:Louisville, Kentucky
Industry:Automotive
Products:SUVs and pickup trucks
Employees:9,201 (2024)
Area:500acres
Address:3245 Chamberlain Ln #5, Louisville, KY 40241
Owner:Ford Motor Company

Kentucky Truck Plant is an automobile manufacturing plant owned by Ford Motor Company in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] Opened in 1969, the 4626490square feet plant on 500acres currently employs 8,500 people total. The hourly production workers are represented by The United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 862, It is located at 3001 Chamberlain Lane in the Northeast corner of the city. Ford also operates another plant in Louisville, the Louisville Assembly Plant.

Production

The plant houses approximately 30miles of conveyor belts. Recent expansion has almost doubled the floor area (to include a new paint facility, new body shop for aluminum chassis' in 2016, a new stacker, and a new tire production facility) and the final size is yet to be completed. Vehicle output average is 97 vehicles per hour between two assembly lines.

The F-250 to F-550 Ford Super Duty line of trucks is currently built here. At one time, medium and heavy trucks (semis) and over the road haulers were built here, including the Ford L-Series trucks, which were named for Louisville.

The Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant also manufactures the Ford Expedition (both regular and EL/Max larger models) and Lincoln Navigator (both regular and L versions) alongside the F250, 350, 450 and 550. This additional production began in January 2009.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: John E. . Kleber . 2001 . The Encyclopedia of Louisville . Ford Motor Company Assembly Plants . 309–10 . . . 0-8131-2100-0 . 247857447 .