The steelmill he bought in 1989 was part of Ford's great River Rouge plant, where the father of mass-produced cars turned raw materials into vehicles on a single site (see box, opposite).
The steelmill he bought in 1989 was part of Ford's great River Rouge plant, where the father of mass-produced cars turned raw materials into vehicles on a single site -- transforming ore and rubber into finished cars (see box, p.122).
Later this year, it will take the wraps off a demonstration plant outside of Shanghai that will convert the carbon monoxide from a steelmill into 100, 000 gallons of ethanol a year.