Arkansas Continues to Lose Manufacturing Jobs, Automation, cheaper foreign labor and market pressures have pushed manufacturing jobs out of Arkansas and other states.

And the wave of losses only got bigger in Arkansas during the last week, as two plywood mills and a television plant shed more than a thousand state workers.

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Michigan:
When Edscha AG announced Monday the Jackson facility would be closing in May or June: 170 workers . Tthe area hurt by international competition and a lagging automotive market.
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The Silicon Forest is leaving Dallas.

TTM Technologies Inc., a printed circuit board manufacturer, announced plans Thursday to close its Dallas factory within 60 days. All 300 workers will be laid off.

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"A U.S. unit of German conglomerate Siemens AG said on Friday it plans to close two Ohio plants that make circuit breakers and other components and shift production to Mexico or other suppliers, cutting 720 jobs. About 500 jobs at a plant in Bellefontaine and another 220 at a plant in Urbana are expected to be eliminated under the plan, Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. said in a statement."
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Officials at Renfro Corp. announced Wednesday its Fort Payne Charleston plant on Airport Road will permanently close.

The hosiery plant, which employs about 174 people, will end operations locally Feb. 5, 2007.
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KENT - Employees at the Kent facility of RB&W received official notice this week that they will be out of a job. The company owned by Cleveland-based Park Ohio manufactures fasteners used mostly in the automotive industry worldwide.

The closure is expected to affect about 100 employees.
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