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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

1, which becomes the first manufacturing site to build Ford’s new fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines. The Cleveland Engine Plant has been outfitted with a flexible manufacturing system for powertrains, featuring modern machine tools that easily can be retooled and reprogrammed to perform new tasks with minimal disruption to production.

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Cleveland Ford Manufacturer Engine 150

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Ford’s $155 million investment there includes $121 million in manufacturing investment at the plant and $34 million for launch and engineering. The program is helping to develop advanced technology vehicles and strengthen American manufacturing across the country. Sixty new jobs have been added to the plant to support the new engine.

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MAY 20, 2009

1 opened in 1951 as Ford’s first engine plant in Ohio. In 2004, Ford invested $350 million into the plant for redesign and installation of an all-new assembly line as well as block, crankshaft and cylinder head machining lines. Plant upgrades also included a special turbocharger installation and test line.

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Ford Engine Cleveland Production 186

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. He supervised the installation of the equipment by more than 150 cable systems in the United States.

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