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Spencer plant closing will cost 65 jobs
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com ^

Posted on 10/14/2009 11:24:45 PM PDT by Chet 99

SPENCER, Iowa -- A Northwest Iowa plant that makes engine seals for the automotive industry is closing, costing 65 workers their jobs.

Michigan-based Freudenberg-NOK announced Wednesday it would close its Spencer plant and distribution center over the next six months and transfer the work to two facilities in Ohio.

A Freudenberg-NOK spokeswoman attributed the decision to the economic downturn, which reduced sales to the manufacturing industry. The firm was forced to reassess its operations, and consolidate its maufacturing facilities, which have been operating at reduced capacity, said Sarah O'Hare, the company's vice president of human resources and communications.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: jobs; layoffs; manufacturing; sourcetitlenoturl; stimulus; unemployment

1 posted on 10/14/2009 11:24:46 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Chet 99

Meanwhile, another plant opens in a third world slavehole.


2 posted on 10/14/2009 11:48:43 PM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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To: Chet 99

hey Iowa....how’s thea bama thingy working out?...how’s that hope and change?


3 posted on 10/14/2009 11:53:33 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Chet 99

Hey Iowa, you voted for Zero, how’s that hope and change thing working for ya?


4 posted on 10/15/2009 12:24:34 AM PDT by packrat35 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.- M Thatcher)
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To: Chet 99

How’s that Hope and Change working out?


5 posted on 10/15/2009 12:36:24 AM PDT by Hugin (Sarah Palin: accept no substitutes!)
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To: familyop

http://www.freudenberg-nok.com/aboutus/aboutus.htm
“”Freudenberg-NOK is the Americas joint venture partnership between Freudenberg & Co. in Germany and NOK Corp. in Japan. Freudenberg-NOK, the leading producer of advanced sealing and vibration control products, has reached a significant milestone as the company celebrates its 20th anniversary.””


6 posted on 10/16/2009 5:37:25 PM PDT by iowamark (certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
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To: Chet 99

The outsourcing model has failed.


7 posted on 10/16/2009 5:39:38 PM PDT by mysterio
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To: packrat35

Not all Iowans voted for Obama...


8 posted on 10/17/2009 4:37:45 AM PDT by callthemlikeyouseethem (Biden10/19/08: "I probably shouldn't have said all this because.. the press is here")
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