By Kevin Lee
Illinois Statehouse News
The Ford assembly plant on the Southeast Side will see 1,200 new car manufacturing jobs this year. Ford wants a second shift of Chicago union workers to help construct new Ford Explorers. The automobile company also plans to invest $400 million in the manufacturing facilities.
Ford has selected Illinois for new investment partly as a result of a new tax credit. Lawmakers passed and Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law last year a tax credit for auto manufacturers.
Mark Fields with Ford Motor Company says the new jobs will be implemented this year.
Fields adds that the production of the new Explorers in Chicago is scheduled to begin by the end of this year.
Contact Kevin Lee at 217-528-9604. Illinois Statehouse News is a non-profit journalism organization committed to writing for the betterment of society.
More news about Ford's finances from CNBC.
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