by admin | Oct 9, 2008 | Business
The auto industry is ailing as a result of a bad economy and high fuel prices. But this could be a benefit to a product made at the Ford plant at Claycomo, near Kansas City. The 2009 Ford F-150 truck, which is made at Claycomo, has a fuel efficiency rating that is...
by admin | Mar 12, 2008 | News
The state senate has voted to give tax deductions to people who buy American-made hybrid vehicles. Senator LuAnn Ridgeway of Smithville says the tax deduction will help the Ford plant in her district sell the vehicles it makes. She says twenty-five to forty-five...
by admin | Feb 5, 2008 | Business
Ford Motor Company has gone back to the five-day work week at its Claycomo plant. Ford and the United Auto Workers’ union are in a spat about whether any employee working on a Friday will get overtime. Ford and the union, as part of a restructuring a couple of...
by admin | Jan 4, 2008 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt (R-MO) wants more tax incentives to encourage more ethanol use. He’ll ask the Legislature to give tax credits to gas stations that install equipment to sell E-85 – a fuel mixture that’s 15 percent gasoline and 85 percent ethanol....
by admin | Nov 13, 2007 | Business
Workers at the Ford Claycomo factory have approved a new contract with the company. About 70% of the workers have voted in favor of the contract. The contract guarantees the plant will continue to make the Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, and Mazda Tribune compact SUVs...
