Ford shuts some North American plants on bad weather
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MEXICO CITY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. onThursday said adverse weather had led to the temporary closureof plants in Kansas City, Flat Rock and Ohio, as well as a plantin Hermosillo in the northern Mexican border state of Sonora.
The Kansas City plant's operations have been canceled fromFeb 13-22, the company said in a statement to Reuters.Unseasonably cold weather conditions have caused power outagesand natural gas shortages in southern United States and Mexico,crippling industries.
Ford said it to plans to run double shifts in its plants inChicago, Dearborn and Oakville.(Reporting by Sharay Angulo;Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)
