[PAR35]

Mercury Marine issued a statement after the vote saying it will move many of its Fond du Lac manufacturing operations to its facility in Stillwater, Okla., over the next two to three years. The company said it would continue to operate the Fond du Lac facility for now under the terms and conditions of the existing contract, which expires in 2012.

Poor judgment on their part, Allows too much time for sabotage.

[jimfree]

Poor judgment on their part, Allows too much time for sabotage.

Perhaps so, or perhaps there will be a temporary boom in security jobs in Fond du Lac.

[omega4179]

Yes.

[VRWCmember]

They have an existing contract thru 2012. Keeping the plant open as they plan the transition to OK is a good move. There may be some sabotage, but there will also be people angling to be part of the transition team and people angling for transfers. There will be some motivation to keep production and quality up in order to delay rather than expedite the total transition of work out of state.

[pepperdog]

Yep, I'm pretty sure people will shy away from Merc for awhile, hope they can stand the downturn in sales until they get their quality standards back up.