Ford to Reopen Ohio Engine Plant

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated, Houston, Texas). Ford Motor Company, Incorporated (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) will reopen its Brook Park, Ohio, engine plant in 2003, after extensive refurbishing. Ford had idled the plant in 1997, at which time it began the $350 million renovation project. Production is scheduled to resume in 2004 with 650 employees.

General contractor for the project is The Washington Group (Cleveland, Ohio), with Industrial First, Incorporated (Cleveland, Ohio) responsible for the setting, rigging, and installation of new equipment.

Ford Motor Company is one of the world's largest motor vehicle producers, with world-wide production facilities.

The Washington Group is one of the largest U.S. engineering and construction firms, providing services to the industrial manufacturing, mining, nuclear, bridge and highway, pipeline, power, and railroad sectors.

Industrial First is a diversified specialty construction service under a single management group.