Plant closing

[MikePA]

I never said that NH was going to China.

I was just trying to determine the relevance of your response to the topic of this thread, i.e., CNH closing a plant in PA.

 

[Dusty]

I was trying to determine the relevance of your response to the topic of this thread, i.e., CNH closing a plant in PA.

Without the original news article explaining the entire closing and the company plans, I was left with nothing more than to make generalized assumptions. In this specific instance those assumptions about the reason for the plant closing were wrong, but they are correct in most other instances of plant closings. I thought that was clear in my response, being general in nature. Have I made myself clear on this matter now? Like most threads, we are given a smattering of facts, and the follow up postings are what bring the total facts out and into the open. The same thing is happening in this thread.
Dusty

 

[MikePA]

Have I made myself clear on this matter now?

Yes. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, when a manufacturing plant closes it means the jobs are moving to China.

 

[Tarzan]

Hi Oscar , I'm in central Illinois & I work in a steel mill here. I think the CNH jobs lost here are going to Canada.
Dan

 

[Gator6x4]

Information on Goodfield Ill Closing.


Goodfield farm implement plant closingAssociated Press
GOODFIELD, Ill. - More than 200 workers will lose their jobs next year when a plant that makes farm implements closes in this small central Illinois town, officials said Wednesday.

Goodfield's Case New Holland plant will be shuttered by the end of 2007 along with a factory with 450 employees in Belleville, Pa., according to CNH Global, a Lake Forest-based company that manufactures farm and construction equipment.

The closings will save money by streamlining manufacturing operations, said company spokesman Thomas Witom. Work from the shuttered plants will be shifted to factories with excess production capacity in the U.S., Canada and Poland.

CNH Global announced the move Wednesday while reporting third-quarter earnings that rose 148 percent to $67 million compared to the same period a year ago.

The Goodfield plant, which opened in 1961 and was purchased by CNH Global in 1998, manufactures farm implements such as field cultivators and fertilizer applicators, Witom said. The Pennsylvania plant makes hay balers, wagons and other forage equipment.

Witom said about 80 workers will remain at a product development office in Goodfield, a town of about 700 people midway between Bloomington and Peoria.

Workers, who were told of the pending shutdown Wednesday, will be given severance packages based on their years of service, Witom said. Some could be offered jobs at other CNH Global plants, he said.

"The mood was very subdued and somber. Many have spent many years at the plant and they have a lot of decisions to make going forward," Witom said.

Earlier this month, 17 workers lost their jobs when Cargill announced it would not rebuild a Goodfield pet food plant damaged by a Sept. 2 fire.

Goodfield Village President Ross Hohulin did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.

Shares of CNH Global rose 75 cents to close at $26.80 in trading Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

[whitetiger]

Mike, have you read what is manufactured at the CNH plant that is closing? Is it haying equipment or construction equipment? Are any NH tractors made in the USA besides the Boomer assembly in Georgia? I guess I need to do my research....

TG's TJ's & TV's are built in Fargo & Racine

 

[jinman]

TG's TJ's & TV's are built in Fargo & Racine

Thanks, Whitetiger. That's just the info I was looking for.

Also, Gator6x4, those news stories sure help to clear up what exactly is happening. CNH is going closer to its market. It still really hurts those who lose their jobs. Hopefully the severance packages and job placement will reduce the severity of the impact.

 

[jimgerken]

If we ever get into a big war and need bombs and tanks, we can buy them cheaper from China. They are so hungry they will probably sell use bmbs even if they know we are going to drop them on their own soil. Kind of changes the way you think of "drop shipping".

 

[kensfarm]

No "Big Name" is going to come right out and say we're off-shoring the mfg. jobs.. not good for customer relations.. but behind the scenes.. it's part of the plan! Not only do they outsource the jobs.. they send the mfg. equipment too!

 

[oscer]

Hey Tarzan, It's good to here that were not the only US of A steel mill left. We came through some tough times lately but things are looking up now I just read a notice tonight that they are investing 8 million in the machine shop in '07. That's always a good sign. The irony of it is,we make wheels and axles for the RR a lot of which are probably used to transport all those Chinese imports across the country.