Kentucky Truck Assembly

Kentucky Truck Plant is an automobile manufacturing plant owned by Ford Motor Company in Louisville, Kentucky. The 4,626,490-square-foot (429,815 m²) plant on 500 acres (2.0 km²) opened in 1969 and currently employs 5,154 people total. 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 24 miles (39 km) of conveyor belts. Vehicle output average is 75 vehicles per hour.

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.

Products made

• Ford Super Duty
• Ford Expedition & Expedition EL/Max (2009–present)
• Lincoln Navigator & Navigator L (2009–present)

Past

• Ford Excursion (2000–2005)

See also

• List of major employers in Louisville, Kentucky

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