It is being reported by Reuters that the Los Angeles Times is planning to terminate printing operations in Orange County, CA. The closing of their Orange County printer would create around 80 layoffs. LA Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein, wrote a memo recently explaining how the paper could create “substantial savings” by condensing its printing operations into [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 18, 2009
Symmetry Medical, a manufacturer of implants and orthopedic devices, is closing a factory in Auburn, Maine, and cutting an undisclosed number of jobs. The move is part of a broader cost cutting plan as the company faces weaker demand for its products. Production from the Auburn plant will be moved to other locations. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 11, 2009
Volvo is closing a plant in Ashville, North Carolina that manufactures components for final assembly of its cars and trucks. The work will be moved to three other existing factories, two of which are outside the United States. Only the assembly of cabs for motor graders will still be done in the US, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 12, 2009
Stiefel Labs, a maker of dermatology and skin-care products, was bought out by GlaxoSmithKline in July of this year. GSK announced on wednesday that it plans to shut down the New York laboratory and move the work from there to other domestic and international locations. The plant employs 260 people who will be [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 16, 2009
Harley Davidsonis closing a plant in East Troy, Wisconsin, that employs 180 workers. The plant produces Buell motorcycles, a line of “rocket style” bikes Harley purchased a year ago from Italian company MV Augusta. The line has not been profitable and facing a steep earnings decline, Harley Davidson has announced that it [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has announced plans to lay off around 100 workers from a plant in Indiana. According to company spokesman Jim Dugan, 106 production employees at the Large Engine Center in Lafayette, will be laid off starting in November. He stated that the layoffs were decided upon [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Dell inc. is closing a computer manufacturing plant in North Carolina, putting 900 people out of work. 600 of those jobs will end in November, with the remainder to last until January. The plant opened in 2005 under a deal that gave Dell $300 million in state and local incentives. In return [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 13, 2009
Bausch & Lomb is cutting more than 300 jobs globally, many from their plant in India, which is shutting down. An undisclosed number of jobs are being cut at the Rochester, New York headquarters. Founded in 1853, Bausch & Lomb is one of the world’s leading suppliers of eye health products, such as contact lenses and lens [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Essroc’s cement plant in Bessemer, Pennsylvania is being idled with the possibility of closing for good. Employees at the plant were told on Monday that it will shut down effective in April and will stay closed until at least the third quarter of this year. The plant employs about 110 people. Essroc North America told workers last [...]
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