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Pace Industries announced closing of Monroe City die casting
Pace Industries announced closing of Monroe City die casting. The management of Pace Industries announced the closing of its Monroe City Division die casting facility located at 135 Front Street Thursday, May 14.
The operation, formerly known as Kuhlman Die Casting, was built in 1951. Pace Industries acquired the business in 1990.
Continuing assistance will be provided to Monroe City associates by Pace Industries during the closing process. The company is currently scheduling meetings with the Missouri Division of Employment Security and the Missouri Department of Economic Development.
The plant closing is a WARN-covered event. WARN is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The closing will affect approximately 190 production, administrative and management employees. Employees will be offered the opportunity to work during the period of the closing, which is projected to be July 14.
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Aluminum diecaster Quad City
Aluminum diecaster Quad City to permanently close plants July 12
Washington (Platts)–14May2009 US aluminum diecaster Quad City Die Casting will permanently close its three plants on July 12, and recently sent out a Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification notice to its approximate 100 employees that they will soon be out of a job, according to spokeswoman Linda Norberg.
Norberg declined comment on how much order levels have declined recently or if the company was up to date on its payments to suppliers. She would only say these are “tough times.”
She said, “When the economy hit, that did us in. Our customer orders have not come back. All sectors declined.” Quad City’s largest customer is Kawasaki, but its plants also service various other markets. The company only has a small exposure to the struggling automotive sector. It services customers in North America and Europe.
Quad City’s main plant is in Moline, Iowa (aluminum and magnesium diecastings), but it also has plants in Red Oak (aluminum and magnesium diecastings) and Davenport (zinc diecastings), Iowa. The plants make parts ranging from 5 lb to 20 lb, according to its website. The company was established more than 50 years ago.
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Pace Die Casting Company in Monroe City Mo to Close
MONROE CITY, Mo. The doors to the Pace Die Casting plant in Monroe City will officially close in July leaving the company’s employees, and the town of Monroe City with serious questions about the future.
“Everybody’s kind of in shock,” said Angie Griggs.
It’s been less than a month since Angie Griggs was laid off from her job at Pace Die Casting and after hearing the news of the plants upcoming summer shut down, she says reality is setting in.
“I’m stunned that it’s happened. I never thought I’d see that plant close. I know both plants in Monroe City Intermet Die Casting and Pace Die Casting have been struggling, but I never thought it would come to this,” said Griggs.
City Administrator Jim Burns says things might get worse before they get better as another business in town fights financial struggles.
“Intermet Die Casting is in the bankruptcy process and they just last week got an auction procedure approved by the bankruptcy court. They’re looking for someone to buy the whole company,” said Burns.
While Burns knows the struggling automotive industry is to blame for problems at Pace Die Casting and Intermet Die Casting, he’s hopeful the town can bounce back.
“We know we have good labor in town a lot of dependable, reliable workers and hopefully we’ll be able to find someone who can use those workers,” included Burns.
For Angie Griggs and other residents who will soon be jobless, it’s hard to look forward to the future when the present is so devastating.
“The worst thing will be people losing their houses, their cars, their way of life,” said Griggs. WGEM
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Quad-City Die Casting to close in July
After more than a half century in business, Quad-City Die Casting has notified its work force that it will close its doors this summer.
Company spokeswoman Linda Norberg confirmed Monday that operators of the manufacturing plant at 3800 River Drive, Moline, sent out Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification, or WARN, letters Friday to notify employees of the July 12 closing. The action will affect about 100 employees, including members of Local 1174, United Electrical.
Norberg would not discuss the reasons for the closing and said the company had no other comment.
But Tim Curtin, a spokesman for the United Electrical’s national organization, said union leaders were surprised by the letter’s arrival.
“We’re all taken aback by this,” he said, adding that there had been no indication of a decline in business. “Ironically, a few people had been recalled.”
Curtin said Local 1174 represents 40 to 50 hourly current workers as well as 35 to 40 who are on layoff.
Norberg estimated that the company employs about 100 in all. The plant makes aluminum castings for manufacturing clients.
“We had lost work last fall, and there were big layoffs in the winter, but we thought things were starting to pick up,” Curtin said.
“Our first goal … is, if they want to get out of the business, to find another buyer in Moline,” said Curtin, who is based in Chicago. He added that union leaders were working to set up a meeting with management.
Quad-City Die Casting is owned by Drew Debrey, the company president. His father, Andrew Debrey, founded the company in 1949.
The pending shutdown comes about two years after the union workers were locked out for about two months during a contract dispute. The employees returned to work in September 2007 after approving a new contract, which runs through June 2010.
During the contract dispute, union leaders cited the company’s use of temporary workers in skilled positions as a sticking point. The eventual contract limited use of temporary employees and included a 3 percent raise.
Greg Rivara, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Employment Security, said he could not comment specifically on Quad-City Die Casting’s situation; however, he said, it is the state’s practice to put together a “rapid response unit” when employees are displaced by a work force reduction or a plant closing. He said the Illinois Department of Commerce and Opportunity and his agency work with the employer and bargaining units to bring services to affected workers.
The agencies can offer assistance with filing unemployment claims, resume review, career counseling and retraining.
“We would try to find the most convenient way to deliver the services,” he said, explaining that information can be presented to workers at the plant, a union hall or another location.
Separate programs are available to help business “stay in business or to help someone come into the company’s footprint,” Rivara added.
Rick Baker, president and chief executive officer of the Illinois Quad-City Chamber of Commerce, said he was not aware of the company’s decision. “You hate to lose good companies like that and for those people to lose their jobs.”
However, he said, the business climate in the Quad-Cities still is good. “I’ve had some very positive conversations with businesses — some planning to expand and other that are healthy. Obviously, their volume is down, but they’re still healthy and working through a slower time.”
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