Essex Aluminum Plant is a former
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...
metal casting plant in
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the souther ...
, Canada. It opened in 1981, and produced aluminum cylinder heads and pistons for various Ford engine plants.
In 2001, the plant was sold
to
Nemak
Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V., known as Nemak, is a global automotive parts manufacturing company headquartered in García, Nuevo León, a municipality next to the City of Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. The company manufactures a wide range of automotiv ...
, a joint venture between Ford and Mexican industrial conglomerate
Alfa. With Nemak's consolidation of its operations in 2009, the plant was closed
except for the melting operation, which closed in 2012.
See also
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List of Ford factories
The following is a list of current, former, and confirmed future facilities of Ford Motor Company for manufacturing automobiles and other components. Per regulations, the factory is encoded into each vehicle's VIN as character 11 for North Amer ...
References
Ford factories
Economy of Windsor, Ontario
1981 establishments in Ontario
2009 disestablishments in Ontario
Industrial history of Ontario
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