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AVON LAKE, Ohio — Ford Motor Co. has announced they will build their Ford F-650 and F-750 trucks at their assembly plant in Ohio.

The automaker says it is shifting production from Mexico to its Avon Lake plant. Production will begin early next year.

The production shift from Mexico is part of a collective bargaining agreement Ford and the United Auto Workers negotiated in 2011.

The company says its investing $168 million to make the change.

With files from The Associated Press