Manufacturer Revises Layoff Figure
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowTennessee-based SCHOTT Gemtron Corp. is set to shut down its food display production unit in Vincennes over the next two weeks. In a revised notice to the state, the company says 40 jobs will be displaced, 25 fewer than previously announced. SCHOTT Gemtron says it is part of a company-wide reorganization initiative resulting from a “significant downturn” in business.
You can view the revised letter to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development by clicking here.
The company relocated the line from a Kentucky plant in 2012 and later announced the move resulted in more than 100 Hoosier jobs.
Sources: The Indiana Department of Workforce Development, SCHOTT Gemtron Corp.