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accession: "0000037996-25-000210"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "F"
cik: "0000037996"
company_name: "FORD MOTOR CO"
filed_at: "2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T17:45:56.704645+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ford reaffirms FY2025 guidance after supplier Novelis plant fire; operations mostly restored

## Summary
- Fire at Novelis Oswego plant on Nov. 20 contained; no injuries; cold mill and heat treatment operations now running.
- Novelis leveraging global plant network and industry peers to mitigate supply impact.
- Novelis to build new aluminum plant in Bay Minette, AL; commissioning starts H2 2026.
- Ford reaffirms FY2025 adjusted EBIT guidance of $6B-$6.5B and adjusted free cash flow $2B-$3B.
- Oswego facility continues shipping finished material to Ford.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000037996-25-000210
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: F
- cik: 0000037996
- company_name: FORD MOTOR CO
- filed_at: 2025-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37996/000003799625000210/0000037996-25-000210-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37996/000003799625000210/f-20251121.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000037996-25-000210.txt

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