Alcoa closing Ohio plant, cutting 140 jobs
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Alcoa Inc. will close an automotive components factory in Ohio and lay off its staff in a bid to cut excess capacity, the Pittsburgh-based company said Tuesday.
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JAGUAR will end production at its famous Coventry plant with the loss of 1,150 jobs, it was confirmed yesterday. Bosses blame huge losses at the firm - nearly Â£100million in just three months this year.
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Electrolux AB, the world's biggest maker of household appliances, said Wednesday it will close a manufacturing plant in France, eliminating 240 jobs.
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Neenah-based Plexus Corp. plans to close a Seattle-area plant, resulting in the layoff of about 160 employees, in an effort to save about $2 million a year, the company said Wednesday.
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Colgate-Palmolive said today that it would close about a third of its 81 factories and cut more than 4,400 jobs over the next four years in a major effort to increase profit margins pressured by global competition.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will cut about 4,400 jobs, or 12 percent of its work force, and close nearly a third of its factories under a restructuring
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Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. on Tuesday said it plans to declare force majeure to its customers because of a temporary shutdown of its alumina plant in Jamaica and damage to its seaport from Hurricane Ivan
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Hanesbrands Inc. HBI.N said on   Wednesday it would close some plants in Mexico and the United   States, cutting more than 2,000 jobs, as part of its plan to   reduce costs and streamline manufacturing operations.
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Hanesbrands Inc. HBI.N said on   Wednesday it would close some plants in Mexico and the United   States, cutting more than 2,000 jobs, as part of its plan to   shift production to lower-cost regions.
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Alcan Inc., the world's second-largest producer of primary aluminum, said on Thursday it plans to close three European plants, downsize four sites and sell two others for the loss of about 520 jobs.
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Chrysler's plan to close a plant and lay off 13,000 workers further shrinks Detroit's Big Three
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Business & money: Â· Alcoa bows out of contest in face of $38bn offer Â· Bid battle helps push Dow Jones to record close
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DETROIT -- Chrysler LLC plans temporarily to close four assembly plants and to shut down one shift at another due to the bankruptcy filing of one of its plastic parts suppliers, the automaker said Monday.
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Lubrizol Corp., LZ.N a maker of  engine oil additives, said on Monday it will close a plant in  Bromborough, England, as part of a move to cut costs, resulting  in a $17 million charge.
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General Motors Corp. will close a Baltimore assembly plant next year that employs about 1,100 people and makes two van models that are being discontinued, a spokesman for the world's biggest automaker said Tuesday.
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Shares of Alcoa Inc. fell sharply Friday after the metals giant warned that labour problems in Quebec and plant closings will weaken third-quarter profits.
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By Andy Rosen  FMC Corp. announced Thursday that it will close its Curtis Bay chemical plant over the next 10 months, a move that will eliminate 130 jobs.