Construction preparations underway for Ford battery plant in Hardin County

GLENDALE, Ky. (WAVE) – Hundreds of work are established to modify the landscape of a person Hardin County local community.

Glendale will be home to Ford’s new electric car or truck battery production sophisticated. Ford executives supplied an update on Wednesday with options for the new plant.

The Hardin County Chamber of Commerce hosted Ford Motor Company’s director of financial improvement, Gabby Bruno, as visitor speaker at a luncheon on Wednesday.

Bruno talked about the development on the BlueOval SK, battery park, Ford’s $5.6 billion financial commitment.

The 1,500 acre campus is found in close proximity to Interstate 65 in Glendale.

The plant will manufacture batteries for the automaker’s up coming generation of electric motor vehicles. Ford reported the expenditure will outcome in 5,000 new careers in the place.

In terms of construction, Bruno claimed web page prep is underway and the permitting system is ongoing.

“We will be arranging a groundbreaking ceremony later on this 12 months,” Bruno mentioned. “At peak building, we will have countless numbers of building crews there. We have hosted two subcontractor functions so considerably, a person in February, one particular in March and additional planned. We’ve had 600 moreover companies go to these occasions, with 100 furthermore businesses from Kentucky.”

Ford’s workforce growth staff has been conference with instructional associates in Kentucky. They are striving to far better understand the educational landscape of the region and functioning on superior figuring out the types of employment and competencies necessary for battery production.

The Ford facility will incorporate an growth of Elizabethtown Local community Complex Faculty so that long run learners can be trained to specific producing needs.

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