Ford has invested $1.1 billion to convert its Kansas City assembly plant to produce the Transit van, which will go on sale this summer.
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Auto worker Derrick Eaton installs the dashboard into a new Ford Transit van. The Claycomo facility in Kansas City employs over 4,000 with significant additional hiring in progress. Dave Kaup / Reuters -
A worker preps a Ford Transit on the metal finish line. The plant will produce 300 Transit vans a day by June in one shift and will add a second shift later this year. Ed Zurga / Getty Images / AFP -
Ford's Kansas City Assembly Plant underwent a $1.1 billion upgrade to prepare it for production of the all-new Transit van. Ed Zurga / Getty Images / AFP -
Missouri governor Jay Nixon, let, and Joe Hinrichs, Ford president of The Americas, drive the first Transit van off the assembly line. Dave Kaup / Reuters -
Robotic arms spot weld on the chassis of a Ford Transit van under assembly at the Claycomo plant in Missouri. Dave Kaup / Reuters -
Auto worker Christopher Hollinger waits for the next Ford Transit van to hit his spot on the Claymoco assembly line in Missouri. Dave Kaup / Reuters -
A Ford Transit van sits on the production line. The frames are sent into a brand-new paint shop that uses several application techniques unique to the Claycomo plant, designed to save energy and create lower emissions. Ed Zurga / Getty Images / AFP
In pictures: Ford rolls out new Transit van at Kansas City plant
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