The truck plant was bought by the United States Army in 1942 to produce tanks.
In response, the company has announced plans to idle its truck plants, while shifting production at other facilities to manufacture in-demand vehicles.
In 1986, parallel to the growth potential of Turkey, the truck plant started production in Aksaray.
Mr. Forbes shifted over to the minivan line from the truck plant when it closed.
The truck plant, a state-of-the-art operation, produces the still-popular F150 pickup, and there is constant pressure to keep the line moving.
The first study I ever did for General Motors was when they had a new truck plant.
The large truck plant, which had produced 8,700 trucks in 1996, was shut down indefinitely.
About 9,000 workers at three General Motors truck plants left their jobs as negotiatiors failed to resolve differences.
But Ford must also drop one work shift at an adjacent truck plant in Oakville.
Nissan's ten-year-old car and truck plant is a huge complex of white, impersonal, low-slung buildings.
