Overview

• Ford will temporarily cut output of at least five models at the Kentucky Truck Plant, with the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator not built during the pause.
• A Wall Street Journal–reported memo indicates the SUV stoppage is expected to last about one week.
• The plant continues to assemble F-series Super Duty pickups, though a UAW official warned the facility may run short over upcoming shifts.
• Ford’s nearby Louisville Assembly Plant, previously idled, has restarted on a single shift.
• Novelis’ Oswego, N.Y., facility, which supplies about 40% of U.S. automotive aluminum sheet and counts Ford as a key customer, was damaged by a fire last month and is not expected back online until next year.