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Ford plans 23 new cars, 11,000 new jobs in 2014
http://www.adn.com/2013/12/12/3226981/ford-plans-23-new-cars-5000-new.html
ark Fields, left, chief operating officer for Ford Motor Company, signs a photograph of the the first Mustang sold at the unveiling of the automaker's new 2015 Ford Mustang in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. The company announced Thursday that it will be hiring some 11,000 workers worldwide.
Ford plans 23 new cars, 11,000 new jobs in 2014
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Auto Writer
December 12, 2013 Updated 57 minutes ago
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. says it will hire more than 11,000 people in the U.S. and Asia next year to support an aggressive rollout of new vehicles.
Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of the Americas, said the company plans to hire 5,000 workers in the U.S. — including 3,300 white-collar staff like engineers — and 6,000 workers in Asia. Many of those hires will work at two new plants that are opening in China.
This will be the most people Ford has hired in one year since 2000, the company said.
Hinrichs said 2014 will be the busiest product year in Ford's 111-year history, with 23 new vehicles being introduced around the world. Of those, 16 will be sold in the U.S., including a new Mustang sports car, Transit Connect van and Lincoln MKC small utility.
