Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is temporarily halting production of at least models, including its profitable Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs, after a fire crippled operations at a major aluminum supplier, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The company paused output of the three-row SUVs at its Kentucky Truck Plant this week due to supply disruptions following a three-alarm blaze at Novelis’ facility in upstate New York, the report said, citing a United Auto Workers official and a company memo.
The facility supplies about 40% of the automotive aluminum sheet used in the United States.
Ford is focusing resources on keeping production of its F-series pickups running. A UAW official said in a social media post that the Kentucky plant making Super Duty trucks could face shortages in the coming shifts, the report added.
Ford has also stopped work at its Dearborn, Michigan, plant that builds the F-150 Lightning. It cut to one shift at its Louisville plant, which makes the Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs, according to the report.
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