TNT Logistics has been awarded a multi-year contract to run a tire and wheel sequencing operation in support of Ford Motor Company’s assembly complex in Oakville, Ontario. This plant will produce the new Ford Edge, due out for the 2007 model year.
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The operation will help meet broadcast requirements for the plant and facilitate a more direct flow of materials for mounting and balancing before installation on vehicles. It will begin operating in July 2006.
“TNT’s tire and wheel sequencing operation is just one step in Ford’s plan to develop flexible manufacturing processes at its Oakville plant,” said Kerry Zielinski, director of business development, TNT Logistics North America. “Since this will be Ford’s largest complex in North America, we understand the importance that material flow services will play in the future of this plant.”
TNT Logistics provides a variety of logistics services to Ford in many locations across the world, which includes manufacturing support for truck and automobile production in Avon Lake, Ohio; Brownstown, Michigan; Westland, Michigan, and Kansas City, Missouri. TNT also provides transportation services in a variety of locations in both the U.S. and Canada.
