Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant

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image_caption = President George W. Bush visiting the plant on March 20, 2007, to tout the new hybrid cars (and his energy policy)
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country = United States
state = Missouri
region = Clay County, Missouri
district = Claycomo, Missouri
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long_d = -94.480534
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established = 1951
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owner = Ford Motor Company
public = Private
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free = 4,683 at 2007
free_type = Employees

free1 = Ford Escape
Ford Escape Hybrid
Ford F-150
Mercury Mariner
Mazda Tribute
free1_type = Manufactures (2007)
free2 = Falcon
Comet
Fairlane
Meteor
Maverick
Fairmont
Zephyr
Tempo
Topaz
Contour
Mystique
Light Trucks
Flareside Trucks
Lincoln Blackwood Truck
F-150 Harley Davidson SuperCrew
Mazda Tribute
Escape
Escape Hybrid
Mariner
Mariner Hybrid
free2_type = Previously Manufactured
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website = [http://media.ford.com/facilities/plant_display.cfm?plant_id=33 Ford]
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area_imperial_type = Plant Size The Ford Motor Company's Kansas City Assembly plant in Claycomo, Missouri is a large automative manufacturing plant which has been called the largest car manufacturing plant in the United States in terms of units produced. [ [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/04/05/366350/index.htm One Truck A Minute Ford's Kansas City factory builds more vehicles than any other assembly plant in the country. Here's how it gets it done. - Fortune Magazine -April 5, 2004] ]

Fortune Magazine noted that in 2004 it was producing 490,000 units a year generating a buzz that it produces "a truck a minute."

The plant is about 10 miles northeast of the Kansas City, Missouri city center. Since its opening in 1951, the "Ford Claycomo Plant", as many in the Kansas City area call it, has generated thousands of jobs, millions of tax dollars for the otherwise minor suburb, and is the largest tax generator in Clay County, Missouri, most of which fund North Kansas City and Liberty schools.

The assembly plant currently produces the popular F-150 (Ford F-Series), Ford Escape, Ford Escape Hybrid, Mercury Mariner, Mercury Mariner Hybrid, Ford Maverick (export only) and Mazda Tribute.

The KCAP opened in 1951 for military production. Converted to auto assembly in 1956 and began production as Ford assembly plant in 1957. The KCAP is now exclusively responsible for building the popular F-150 alongside the Ford Escape & Escape Hybrid. The 4.7-million-square-foot on convert|1270|acre|km2 facility employs 4,725 people. Plant tours were discontinued on September 12, 2001 due to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks.

The plant is on the site where former Trans World Airlines president Jack Frye owned a home. Legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh visited often and reportedly spent his honeymoon with Anne Morrow Lindbergh here.

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External links

* [http://media.ford.com/facilities/plant_display.cfm?plant_id=33 Official Ford site]