Expanding KCAP for Ford I
t’s been called the largest automotive manufacturing plant in the United States for the amount of units produced on its assembly lines. Ford Motor Company’s Kansas City Assembly Plant (KCAP), located in nearby Claycomo, Mo., is best known for its turnout of Ford’s flagship pickup truck, the F-150. With the addition of a new stamping plant and upgraded paint shop in 2012, KCAP is now in the business of also producing the all-new Ford Transit van. Walbridge has been building facilities at KCAP for more than 20 years. In addition to the new stamping plant and paint shop renovation, Walbridge recently built a new material sequencing center (MSC) at the complex. Before building the 434,750-square-foot stamping plant, Walbridge completed extensive site work and infrastructure construction, installed all needed utilities to support the building’s incoming machinery, and constructed foundations to support an extensive press, process equipment and various mechanical and electrical support systems. With that project, Walbridge installed a four-slide JIER press line – the very first in the United States.
2015 FORD TRANSIT
FEATURES Four body styles
Wheelbases from 130” – 178” Roof heights from 83.6” – 110.1” 10 colors, from School Bus Yellow to Vermillion Red Flex-Fuel and Alternative Fuel capability Lane-Keeping System available 10 I Built For Good