Workers are close to completing construction of the BlueOval plant in Marshall, Michigan.
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Construction machines are still roving around Ford Motor Co.’s new factory in Marshall, Michigan, but their work is almost done — and it’s a scene to warm President Donald Trump’s heart.
An iconic US company is poised to cut the ribbon on its first wholly owned domestic greenfield plant in half a century, and bring manufacturing jobs and money to a slice of small-town America that’s been starved of both.