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Article: RAYOVAC TO CUT 100 JOBS IN FENNIMORE THE COMPANY WILL MOVE SOME OF ITS ALKALINE BATTERY PRODUCTION TO CHINA.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- December 9, 2006
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Byline: JUDY NEWMAN jdnewman@madison.com 608-252-6156
The Rayovac plant in Fennimore will cut its staff by more than one-third in February and move some of its alkaline battery production to China.
One hundred of the 275 employees at the factory, 70 miles west of Madison, will lose their jobs. That's a 36 percent reduction in employment for the Grant County plant, Fennimore's largest private employer.
"For a community the size of Fennimore, that's going to affect it greatly. Everybody knows somebody that works out there," Fennimore Mayor Chuck Stenner said, calling it a "sad day." Fennimore has a population of 2,367, City Clerk Margaret Sprague ...