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| Whirlpool to cut 1,100 jobs, shut plant in Indiana |
| 2009-08-29 |
| Whirlpool Corp. announced Friday that it will close its refrigerator factory in Evansville, Ind., by next year and cut 1,100 jobs as it continues a push to trim excess capacity. Whirlpool said it will move the production of refrigerators with freezers on top to a company location in Mexico, where they are cheaper to produce. Ice makers produced in Evansville will be moved to a yet-to-be-decided location. The jobs will be eliminated in mid-2010. The Benton Harbor, Mich.-based appliance maker has aggressively cut costs as demand for big-ticket items has shrunk in the recession. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Maybe they can all become Community Organizers. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-08-29 09:27 |
| #2 Sad day for many reasons. That old plant next to the airport has a lot of history in it. The first P-47Ds were actually the same as P-47Cs. Republic could not produce Thunderbolts fast enough at its Farmingdale plant on Long Island, so a new plant was built at Evansville, Indiana. The Evansville plant built a total of 110 P-47Ds, which were completely identical to P-47C-2s. Farmingdale aircraft were identified by the "-RE" suffix after the block number, while Evansville aircraft were given the "-RA" suffix. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-08-29 08:16 |
| #1 Whew, darn good thing we had that stimulus package. Unemployment is at 16%, but at least the number of government jobs are growing. I'm sure the newly unemployed in Evansville will be comforted to know that there are more bureaucrats working in DC. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-08-29 07:00 |