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Article: HUNDREDS OF LAYOFFS ON HORIZON
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- December 4, 2008
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Four companies stretching from Bedford to Wytheville are looking
at layoffs involving more than 400 workers starting early next year,
with as many as 300 of those jobs imperiled by the drastic drop in
U.S. auto sales.
The companies are all in the manufacturing sector, including auto
parts, furniture and packaging. They come in the wake of an
additional 220 recession-related layoffs across the region in
November.
Acument Global Technologies announced Wednesday it will close its
Wytheville factory by the end of next year, eliminating 162 jobs.
The company said it is working with government, private and
education agencies to line up job retraining and search assistance
for workers by January. ...