Ford is a major consumer of Novelis because its F-150 trucks use a mainly aluminum body.

Ford Motor Company F-N cut its profit guidance on Thursday, citing fallout from a fire at a critical aluminum supplier that will crimp production of some of its most lucrative vehicles through the end of the year.

A September fire at the Novelis Inc. factory in Oswego, N.Y., that supplies material for F-150 trucks will cost the auto maker about US$1.5-billion to $2-billion before taxes and interest, Ford said, adding it expects to offset about $1-billion of that next year.

Ford CEO Jim Farley said in a statement that he had been on site working with Novelis to source aluminum from parts of the plant that were still operational.

“We have made substantial progress in a short time to minimize the im

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