Ford Energy Systems takes ownership of former BlueOval SK battery plant On May 21, Ford Energy, a new wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Co., announced that it has assumed ownership of the battery production plant in Glendale, Kentucky, following the closing of the BlueOval SK joint-venture disposition agreement.  The sprawling plant, which successfully ran EV battery production until December 2025, is now renamed Ford Energy Systems. Retooli...

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ity in Bartow County, Georgia.  The Ford truck assembly plant at the Stanton site meanwhile has been renamed from Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center to Tennessee Truck Plant, which will be used to produce "affordable" pickups starting in 2029. SK On’s move in Tennessee parallels actions in nearby Kentucky where the new Ford Energy Systems subsidiary took full ownership of the battery plant in Glendale after the split from SK On. (SK On release ...

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is aluminum plant last fall affected the supply of material used for body panels on the company’s light trucks and SUVs.  Ford has worked with Novelis to source aluminum elsewhere, including from other countries, and recently added a third crew to the Dearborn Truck Plant and more workers to the Kentucky Truck Plant to make up for lost volumes, as well as canceling the usual summer shutdown this year, hoping to increase F-Series manufacturing ...

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keaways Ford execs tease second-gen EVs on Capital Markets Day Ford-SK venture to get USD 9.2 billion U.S. loan for EV battery plants Magna investing USD 790 million in three Tennessee plants to supply Ford’s BlueOval City Ford, SK Innovation investing USD 11.4 billion for 4 plants in Tennessee, Kentucky Ford to nearly double electric F-150 Lightning annual production to 150,000 units Lincoln reportedly launching five electric SUVs through 20...

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lant 1 - Planned investment of USD 5.8 billion - Planned total battery production capacity 86 GWh - Employees: 1,450 as of August 2025, planned 2,500 - 1,500-acre BlueOval SK Battery Park campus is site for twin battery plants Ford’s BlueOval SK battery venture raises wages at future Tennessee, Kentucky plants Ford postpones USD 12 billion in EV spending Ford EV battery plant in Kentucky continues construction at reduced pace SK On, Westwater...

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iper drive rod (short) Wiper ECU Wiper ECU for brush motor Wiper ECU for brushless motor Wiper linkage Wiper linkage rod Wiper module Wiper motor shaft Wiper system Wiper transmission assembly 1.3T 1.5L 1.6T 1.8L 2.0T 5AMT 5MT 6AMT 6AT 6DCT 7DCT 8AT American Mitsuba Indiana - AMI American Mitsuba Kentucky - AMB (Formerly Mitsuba Bardstown, Inc.) American Mitsuba Michigan - AMM Anhui Shenghuabo Auto Electric Co., Ltd. Bosch (Bosch Corporation) B...

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Ohio ETM) - Planta 3 FALTEC Co., Ltd. Farplas Otomotiv A.Ş. (Farplas Automotive Inc.)(Formerly Farplas Otomotiv Yedek Parcalari Imalati Iharacati A.Ş.) Foshan Huayi Auto Parts Co., Ltd. FTS Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Formerly Asno Horie (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) FTS Co., Ltd. Fuel Total Systems Kentucky Corporation Futaba Kogyo Co., Ltd. Geiger Automotive GmbH Giobert do Brasil Sist. Aut. LTDA Greenfuel Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Guangxi Nanx...

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VIA faurecia) (Formerly Faurecia SE) FORVIA SE (FORVIA faurecia) - Allenjoie Fraenkische Rohrwerke Gebr. Kirchner GmbH & Co. KG FTS Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Formerly Asno Horie (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) FTS Automotive México, S.A. de C.V. FTS Co., Ltd. FTS Taiwan Corporation Fuel Total Systems Kentucky Corporation Fuel Total Systems Tennessee, LLC Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd. Gentherm Präzision SE Grill Industries Guangzhou Futaba Auto Parts...

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ive Pvt. Ltd.) Toyota Boshoku Corporation TREVES CZ sro TREVES PERFOAM GmbH (Formerly Greiner Perfoam GmbH) Trèves S.A. Treves SAS Uniproducts India Ltd. - Jalisana Uniproducts India Ltd. - Rewari Ventek Solutions LLC Visteon Corporation Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA Vuteq Argentina S.R.L Vuteq USA, Inc.-Kentucky (Formerly Vuteq USA, Inc. -Illinois Plant) Wuhu Changchun Automotive Interiors Co., Ltd. Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems (Changsha) Co., Ltd....

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ve Parts Co., Ltd. Fraenkische Rohrwerke Gebr. Kirchner GmbH & Co. KG Franklin Precision Industry, Inc. Frenados Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Bosch Aguascalientes plant) FTS Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Formerly Asno Horie (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) FTS Co., Ltd. FTS Taiwan Corporation Fuel Total Systems Kentucky Corporation Fuel Total Systems Tennessee, LLC FUJI OOZX Inc. Fuji Seiko Limited Fujikoki Corporation Fukoku Co., Ltd. Futaba Industrial Co., ...

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td.) Toyota Boshoku (Tianjin) Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (Formerly Tianjin Feng AI Automotive Seat Parts Co., Ltd.) Toyota Boshoku America, Inc. Toyota Boshoku Automotive India Pvt. Ltd. Toyota Boshoku Corporation Toyota Boshoku Gateway (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Toyota Boshoku Indiana LLC Toyota Boshoku Kentucky, LLC - Harrodsburg Toyota Boshoku Kyushu Corporation Toyota Boshoku Poland Sp. z o.o. (Formerly TBAI Poland Sp. z o.o.) Toyota Boshoku Somain...

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DCT CVT CVT10 CVT8 DHT E-CVT ECVT Aisan (Foshan) Auto Parts Co., Ltd. Aisan (Tianjin) Auto Parts Co., Ltd. Aisan Autopartes Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Aisan Industry Co., Ltd. Aisan Industry Czech s.r.o. Aisan Industry India Private Limited (Formerly Aisan Fiem Automotives India Pvt. Ltd.) Aisan Industry Kentucky, LLC (Formerly Kyosan Denso Manufacturing Kentucky, LLC) American Mitsuba Indiana - AMI Aptiv PLC (Formerly Delphi Automotive PLC) Astemo Aut...

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ral Bearing Corporation Gentex Corporation Gentherm Inc. (Formerly Amerigon Inc.) Gestamp Automocion S.A. GHSP Global HQs Gibbs Die Casting Corporation GKN do Brasil Ltda. Grede Holdings LLC Grupo Antolin North America Inc. Grupo Antolin Silao, S.A. de C.V. Grupo Antolin-Irausa, S.A. Grupo Antolin-Kentucky, Inc. GT Technologies, Inc. Guelph Manufacturing Group Inc. Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. (Formerly Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.) Hankook Tir...

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ing Systems Pvt. Ltd. - Chennai Tohoku Nippatsu Corporation Toyo Seat China (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd. Toyo Seat Europe Kft. Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd. Toyota Boshoku (Tianjin) Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (Formerly Tianjin Feng AI Automotive Seat Parts Co., Ltd.) Toyota Boshoku Corporation Toyota Boshoku Kentucky, LLC - Harrodsburg Toyota Boshoku Poland Sp. z o.o. (Formerly TBAI Poland Sp. z o.o.) Toyota Boshoku Siam Metal Co., Ltd. Toyota Boshoku Turk...

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Teijin Limited The Haartz Corporation Tianjin Antolin Automotive Interiors Co., Ltd. Tianjin Intex Auto Parts Co., Ltd. Tiger Sash Co., Ltd. Toyota Toyota Boshoku Corporation TS TECH Co., Ltd. UACJ Extrusion (Tianjin) Corporation Varroc Engineering Ltd. Visteon Corporation Volvo Car Vuteq USA, Inc.-Kentucky Plant Wirthwein New Bern Corp. Wuhan TS-GSK Auto Parts Co., Ltd. Yanfeng Automotive Interior Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Yanfeng Plastic Omn...

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, Ltd. FXI Gestión Industrial de Arteaga (Formerly Magna Exteriors and Interiors Corp. - Arteaga Plant) Grupo Antolin Korea Grupo Antolin North America Inc. Grupo Antolin Silao, S.A. de C.V. Grupo Antolin Tlaxcala S. de R.L. de C.V. Grupo Antolin UK Limited Grupo Antolin-Irausa, S.A. Grupo Antolin-Kentucky, Inc. Grupo Antolin-Kentucky, Inc. - Louisville Plant Grupo Antolin-Missouri LLC Guangzhou Antolin Auto-Parts Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Gissing Aut...

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ion battery Electrolyte Bitrode Corporation Lithium-ion battery Battery pack/module/cell BlueOval Battery Michigan LLC - Michigan Plant Lithium-ion battery Battery pack/module/cell BlueOval SK LLC - BlueOval City Battery Plant Lithium-ion battery Battery pack/module/cell BlueOval SK, LLC - Kentucky Plant Lithium-ion battery Battery pack/module/cell BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC - Woodruff plant Lithium-ion battery Battery pack/module/cell...

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AKFA Aluminum breaks ground on new facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky On May 7, AKFA Aluminum Solutions LLC announced it has begun work on  a new manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which will bring 331 new jobs. The new facility will serve as a full-cycle production hub, featuring advanced extrusion, anodizing and finishing capabilities aligned with U.S. energy and environmental standards. AKFA’s first U.S. operation will inte...

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ubsidiary of Ford Motor Company, plans to deliver the first DC blocks to customers in late 2027 and deploy at least 20 GWh of stationary batteries annually to utilities, data centers, and large industrial and commercial customers.  Utilizing the new Ford BlueOval SK Battery Park plant in Glendale, Kentucky, Ford Energy’s operations span full battery cell manufacturing, including production of electrode coils, and assembly of modules and contai...

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lle Assembly plant in Missouri had 53.5% of voters against the agreement. Finally, 57.7% of voters at the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant voted against the contract. This follows multiple voting results against the new contract from plants on Tuesday including the Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky, the Spring Hill Manufacturing plant in Tennessee, and the Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant in Michigan. Additional voting results from ...

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