230 Cuts at ConAgra Plant in North Carolina
ConAgra is laying off 230 workers at a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina as the company prepares to close the plant and shift the…
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WestPoint Home Closing One Plant, Expanding Another
WestPoint Home, a maker of textiles for use in home furnishings, is closing a plant in Alabama and adding jobs to another location in Florida.…
Symmetry Medical Closing Plant, Cutting Jobs in Maine
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…
Walter Energy Closing Plant in Alabama
Walter Energy, a coking coal producer, has announced plans to immediately close a fiber plant in Alabama. According to the company, the plant is not…
Volvo Closing North Carolina Plant
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…
Unilever Closing Plant in California
Unilever is closing a plant in Southern California that makes personal care products under brands such as Dove. 61 jobs will be cut as the…
Ohio Losing 120 More Manufacturing Jobs
Commercial Vehicle Group is shutting a plant in Ohio that manufactures truck cabs, after it losing its contract with Navistar. Navistar has decided to manufacture…
Electrolux Exporting 850 Iowan Jobs to Mexico
Home appliance maker Electrolux is closing down two factories in Iowa by spring of 2011 and expanding an existing plant in Juarez, Mexico, to make…
Harley Davidson Closing Plant in Wisconsin, 180 Jobs Cut
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…
Dell Closing North Carolina Plant, 900 Jobs will be Lost
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,…