Automotive supplier will bring 500 new jobs to West Tennessee
Ford will produce a second-generation electric truck code-named Project T3 at its BlueOval City plant. (Courtesy BlueOval SK)
“Landing Ford Motor Co. created a ripple effect statewide as we continue to see Tier 1 suppliers like Avancez choosing to locate in Tennessee,” said the Tennessee Economic and Community Development commissioner.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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