Posted on 06/08/2004 4:26:31 PM PDT by Willie Green
The Sunbeam Corp factory in Palmerston North is closing after over 20 years production in Palmerston North. The seasonal staff will finish their season on June 25th and the plant will close shortly after. 122 workers are being made redundant and 34 of them are permanent staff.
The plant manager Craig Dias said “We are making products in a competitive open global market and it is uneconomic to continue to make these type of appliances in New Zealand if they aren't aimed at a niche market.”
Craig Dias praised the local media, business, and personnel agencies, “The local business industry has helped with job placement and most of the staff have placements already.”
When asked what the Government could have done to alleviate the company's situation he said “There are only two things that could have been done; one was to use tariffs, the other was tax relief.”
(Excerpt) Read more at scoop.co.nz ...
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,,, under the present Labour government, nobody can look forward to tax incentives, apart from those who produce very little, namely Labour's dole bludging voters.
Use both
That's what Wm. McKinley would have done. It is also highly likely that Ronald ("Maximus") Wilson Reagan would have done so.
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