Ford Advanced Manufacturing Center investment to speed production innovations

Ford Motor Company is investing $45 million in its new Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) in Redford Township, Michigan, to help quickly innovate and deploy scalable new manufacturing technologies. The new AMC co-locates approximately 100 manufacturing technology experts and their specialized equipment in one 100,000-ft² space just east of Detroit.

“One of the advantages of the Advanced Manufacturing Center and the people that are here,” said Michael Mikula, Ford's global chief engineer for advanced manufacturing, “is to create a place where we can collaborate across technical disciplines and develop comprehensive, innovative solutions that can be immediately deployed into our plants with a high level of confidence and success.”