Ford will re-open its Cleveland Engine Plant 1 to build the V-6 engine for the new CrossTrainer SUV.

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The plant will crank up early in 2004 following a $US350 million upgrade.


Ford will then be building more than one million engines annually on the Brook Park site which also houses the Cleveland Engine 2 plant.


Plant 1 was closed in 1997 when Ford phased out its five-litre cast-iron block V8. A radical redesign of the facility began.


The plant re-opens in late 2003 and, at full annual production of 325,000 engines, will employ 650 workers building the CrossTrainer#;s aluminum, double-overhead cam Duratec V6.

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The plant will be fitted with new, ergonomically designed equipment that will enhance flexibility for production of small batches in engine assembly and component machining.


Cleveland Engine Plant 2 produced more than 725,000 V6s last year.