"At its peak in 1970, the Kansas City plant, then owned by Armco Steel Corp, employed 4,500 people. Poor market conditions forced a wave of layoffs in the early 1980s and led the company to prune its product line. By the early 1990s, the plant focused on two items: wire for products such as mattress springs and tires; and high-carbon balls and rods used by the mining industry to pulverize rocks."
ARMCO's fault.
One customer outforced overseas by Democrat policies, the other forced to CLOSE due to Democrat environmental policies, so it must be - - ROMNEY’S FAULT!