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http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/18/news...cnn=yesPutting brakes on F-seriesThe company's four F-series pickup truck assembly plants - in Kansas City,Mo., Norfolk, Va., Dearborn, Mich. and Louisville, Ky - are among the plantsthat will see the additional downtime between now and the end of the year.The other six plants that will see periods of closure are in Chicago, St.Paul, Minn., the Michigan Truck plant in Wayne as well as the Wixom Mich.plant, the St. Thomas, Ontario, and another Louisville plant that makes theFord Explorer and Mercury Mountaineer.http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/news...s/index.htmThe other two plants identified for closing are the Wixom plant, which hasabout 1,600 employees and makes the Lincoln LS and Lincoln Town Car, as wellas the Ford GT, and the Atlanta plant, with about 2,000 employees, thatmakes the Taurus.