On September 10, 2026, Ford Motor went on to announce $1b to build new paint shop in Kentucky Plant.
The facility builds the big F-250 to F-550 Super Duty trucks from the automaker along with the Ford Expedition as well as Lincoln Navigator SUVs. The fact is that this facility has been called Ford’s most significant and lucrative plant around the world.
Interestingly, this announcement comes after Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary, voiced deep reservations about the U.S. “manufacturing integrity” of the automaker and its connections to Chinese companies, which the Trump administration feared could harm the Detroit carmaker in particular and the U.S. auto industry as a whole.
Ford, which boasts about its status as the most prolific automaker in the U.S., called the remarks a wrongheaded effort to chase headlines.
Paint shops are an expensive and vital part of a vehicle assembly. The new facility will likely replace the existing paint shop of the plant and further transform one of the most important manufacturing operations from Ford, the company stated in a press release on September 10, 2026.
The Detroit automaker said it would begin construction on the site later in 2026. However, not much has been said as to when the company is going to finish the new paint shop.
Ford said that the investment of $1b to build new paint shop in Kentucky Plant is the newest, after about $4 billion, which was announced in recent years for its Kentucky manufacturing plants.
As per Jim Farley, the CEO of Ford, these investments reflect their confidence in the Kentucky workforce and also their commitment to American manufacturing and belief that the future of mobility and energy is going to be built right here in the US.
Apparently, Duffy’s disapproval was in a letter addressed to Farley released on September 08, 2026, by the Trump administration. Ford responded with a lengthy answer, and the Rapid Response account of the White House on X posted a favorable statement on September 09, 2026, calling Ford a GREAT American company.