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Article: Brunswick bowling pin plant in Antigo closes; Move means 70 jobs lost, leaves U.S. with just one such factory
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 15, 2008
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In northern Wisconsin, where high unemployment and low wages put
a chill on many communities, the closing of a manufacturing plant is
especially bad news.
Monday, the employees of Brunswick Corp.'s bowling pin factory in
Antigo were told it was shutting down immediately.
The closure resulted in the loss of about 70 jobs, most of them
on the factory floor. It also marked the turning of a page in
manufacturing history, because now there's only one bowling pin
factory left in the United States -- in Lowville, N.Y.
Years ago, bowling pins were made across the country -- in
Milwaukee, Green Bay, Chicago, San Diego, Muskegon, Mich. and
Trenton, N.J. They included brands such as Strike Master, Sure ...