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Ford launches flexible line at Mich. transmission plant

Ford is hiring 225 workers and adding an assembly line at its Van Dyke transmission plant in suburban Detroit to make a new hybrid-electric transmissions. (BLOOMBERG)
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By:
Adam Rubenfire
August 03, 2012 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. has launched an assembly line in its Van Dyke transmission plant to produce front-wheel-drive hybrid transmissions.

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