Ford Trucks - Norfolk plant to close
Norfolk plant to close
Richmond Times-Dispatch - NORFOLK — Ford Motor Co. yesterday announced plans to close a Norfolk truck-assembly plant that has more than 2,400 employees and a local history stretching back 81 years. The decision to idle the plant in 2008 followed closure announcements that
Haldeman Ford sets pace for New Egypt SS Sprints
Who Won - NEW EGYPT, N.J. — Haldeman Ford, the Hamilton, NJ, car dealership that has supplied the pace truck at New Egypt Speedway the past seven years, will once again be the title sponsor of the Ocean County race track’s growing SS Sprint division, an
PUtting rust to rest
San Jose Mercury News - WASHINGTON - Victory is at hand in the auto industry’s 30-year war against rust. No more Ford trucks with tailgates that look like decayed teeth. No more Toyota Celicas with see-through wheel wells. No more VWs with college cafeteria trays covering
Chesterfield company makes devices that help keep ports safe
Macomb Daily - A Macomb County company leads the way in providing security at the nation’s seaports, protecting against potential terrorist attacks using a nuclear device or “dirty bomb.” Burtek Inc. of Chesterfield Township unveiled Monday its radiation detection
Dealerships: Big Vehicles Still Selling Well
WCCO - (WCCO) Even with gas prices, people are still buying big vehicles like SUVs. In the fourth quarter, trucks and SUVs made up 25 percent of new vehicle sales, and cars with at least a V6-engine make up about 40 percent of new vehicles sold. At Boyer
Ford to shutter Norfolk truck plant
Richmond Times-Dispatch - NORFOLK — Ford Motor Co. announced today that it will close its Norfolk truck plant, where more than 2,000 are employed, in 2008. Employees at the plant that produces the popular F-150 pickup truck were being told the news at a meeting this
A blow
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Who cares? It’s in Norfolk. That might have been the attitude 25 years ago. Twenty-five years ago, if Ford had closed its plant in Norfolk, it’s a safe bet that the story wouldn’t have dominated Page 1 of the Daily Press on the Peninsula. Who cares