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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 21:25 |
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 Ford Motor Company opened its second engine plant in Chihuahua City Tuesday, where it will assemble Power Stroke diesel engines for its heavy duty line of trucks.
The new $838-million Ford plant in the city will create 1,100 direct jobs and more than 3,300 indirect jobs when operating in full capacity.
The company said it will be assembling the 6.7-liter Super Stroke V-8 turbocharged diesel engine for its 2011 F-Series Super Duty trucks in its brand-new plant.
The Power Stroke engines to be made in Chihuahua will power F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 Super Duty trucks, intended for the North American market.
During the opening ceremony, Jim Farley, Ford's Global Marketing Vicepresident, said the automaker is also investing in product development and in a Mexican supplier base.
The new plant has an annual production capacity of 200,000 engines.
Ford's first Chihuahua plant manufactures 428,000 engines each year, and since its inception back in 1983 it has assembled more than 6.5 million engines.
Engines made here include Penta, Zetec and Duratec I4, which are or were exported to Ford plants around the world.
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Get over stereotypes! There is a couple of things you'd want know about the largest state of Mexico
Chihuahua is developing an aerospace cluster. Our universities are training aerospace engineers and technicians right now.
We are developing micro-electromechanical systems at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Many national and international companies with operations in the State are potential beneficiaries of our projects. 
The most important archaeological site of Northern Mexico is located in the State of Chihuahua, at Paquimé
In Juarez, just across from El Paso, Texas, there is a museum with original parts of the great supersonic passenger jet