WKSU News: Cleveland Ford engine plant now shipping EcoBoost engines

Plant supervisors for increasing demand so they boost production, hire more workers

WKSU's Karen Schaefer reports

Ford Engine Plant No. 1 in Brook Park is ground zero for the company's new EcoBoost engine. Ford eventually plans to use the fuel-saving engine in 85-percent of its U.S. vehicles


	Reporter Karen Schaefer

The future of Ford's Engine Plant No. 1 rests with two concerns " the economy and the environment. The plant re-opened about 3-months ago to build Ford's new "Eco-Boost" engine and plant supervisors are hoping new car sales will improve so they can expand operations.

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Ford Brook Park site manager Charlies Binger says he's got 250-workers making the EcoBoost now, but he'd like to see production grow, so he can add more jobs

Ford says the 350-HP, V-6 EcoBoost engine will boost fuel economy 20-percent, while reducing emissions by 15-percent

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