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Ford, the American carmaker, announced it has used recycled pants and shirts to cover some parts of the new Ford Focus interior. Certain areas of the car, like the carpet backing and sound-absorption materials, are made from cottons squeezed out of recycled clothing.

"One of our key goals is to use more recycled or renewable materials without compromising performance or durability," Carrie Majeske, the company's product sustainability manager, said in the statement.

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DETROIT, Oct. 25, 2010 - Ford Motor Company today announced plans to invest an additional $850 million in Michigan between 2011 and 2013 as part of the company's commitment to competitively grow its engineering and manufacturing employee base, upgrade its facilities in the state and further improve its vehicle fuel economy.

"Fuel economy and technology are consumers' biggest priorities - and we have made them Ford's as well," said Mark Fields, Ford's president of…