Trane plant to close Springhill, LA site after 20 years

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20091209/NEWS01/91209022/Trane-plant-to-close-Springhill-site-after-20-years


SPRINGHILL – North Webster Parish’s economy will take another big hit in the coming months as Trane Commercial Systems today announced it is closing the site in May, eliminating 190 salaried and hourly jobs.

Employees were notified today, said Art Scheskie, Trane communications director.
The production line is being moved to Monterrey, Mexico, where the company operates other plants. The decision was made to improve overall plant utilization and reduce costs, Scheskie said.

“This is a difficult decision … and we don’t take it lightly,” Scheskie said. “We’re doing all we can to handle it fairly and with sensitivity with our employees.”

Trane opened in 1989 in the North Webster Parish Industrial Park with 65 workers. Today, it manufactures condensing units, air handlers and heaters, along with a variety of accessories and components supporting Trane’s commercial business. A 20-year celebration was held in this summer.

The news comes less than two years after the Georgia-Pacific plant in the Springhill and Cullen communities closed, taking with it 400 jobs.






Looks like we won't be getting a Trane after all.

[HillbillyBob]

1. What You said. We need a new central unit.

But I ll be godammed if I buy it from them.
I have been on a low grade crusade for years. If I hear of the company that shits on employees like this (like has happened several times to our jobs) I write them and tell them I don't give a fuck about your damned share whores, I care about the employees who will be out of work, lose their homes, their kids education and well being, I will not buy your product. I did the same with levis , wranglers and several other companies. our last computers were gateways and hps now they are all built overseas I don't know what we are going to do..as I ll soon be nekid and no puter.

We also do not buy crap err kraft foods process shit either. We have been doing much better health wise since we quit eating processed food (almost totally).
If I cannot pronounce said 'additives' or if it says high fructose corn syrup on the label..it does not come home with me.

We can vote with our feet and our dollars, yea real food costs more and made in USA products cost more cash wise..how much does it cost your community to have those jobs go away? or how much does it cost your health. Murikans need to understand not everything has a cash value that is easily determined.

[GrantDem]

5. Go with a Carrier or Bryant. Proudly union made in Indianapolis, IN

Also, get a Carrier/Bryant thermostat to go with it. Proudly made by IBEW local 983 in Huntington, IN.

[AllentownJake]

2. But Joey Scabs was telling me yesterday how the South

was the great hope in manufacturing!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

3. Yup.. south of the border

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

4. also Trane did a big lay-off last year, 300 that time.

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