Ford Continues U.S. Plant Closures and Mexican Expansions in the Face of Gloomy September Sales, an Industrial Info News Alert

Market Wire, October, 2008

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- On October 1, Ford Motor Corporation (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) reported September sales figures, which represented the lowest month of sales this year. Sales of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles for September were 116,734, down 34% from September 2007. Year-to-date figures show a drop of 17.3% in sales from the same period last year. Industrial Info is currently monitoring an estimated $3.53 billion of Ford's projects in North America, including two plant closures in the U.S. and two plant expansions in Mexico.

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