Essex Engine Plant is a Ford factory located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
[2] With financial assistance from Canadian governments, CA$16.8 million from the province of Ontario in 2008 and CA$80 million from the Government of Canada over five years, the plant reopened in February 2010 to produce the new 5.0L version of the Ford Modular engine.
[3][4][5] In 2010, Ontario announced a further contribution of CA$81 million to the Essex Engine Plant.
[6] There were about 640 workers assembling about 970 engines a day before a third shift was added around April 2012.
[8] In March 2012, Ford closed the Windsor Aluminum Plant which produced Duratec engine block.