DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it’s adding 2,000 workers to the Missouri plant that makes the F-150 pickup because of surging U.S. truck demand.

The company plans to add a shift with 900 workers in the third quarter of this year to make pickups. That’s in addition to the 1,100 workers Ford will hire to make the new Transit van. Those workers will start in the fourth quarter.