Closing
The plant assembled the final CD4E Transmission on Friday, June 20, 2008. Production of service parts continued at the plant through the middle of September 2008. The closing of the Ford Batavia Transmission Plant in 2008 was part of Ford's "The Way Forward" plan, with some workers transferring to Ford's Sharonville Transmission Plant.
In July 2009, Industrial Asset Recycling LLC (IAR), Shelby Township, Michigan, which specializes in areas of Asset Recycling and Environmental Remediation, contracted with Ford Motor to Refurbish and make ready this facility for its next step.
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