Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., the third-largest U.S. maker of recreational vehicles, said it’s closing 8 of its 24 plants because of reduced demand for travel trailers and factory-built housing.
The company expects to cut about 760 jobs, or 13 percent of the 5,700 positions it had at the end of August, as production is consolidated at other facilities.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Plant Closing #16
Fleetwood is announcing some severe cuts. If automotive is hurting, I can understand how recreational vehicles would be killed. I drove by an RV sales lot on the way to Midnight Madness. The floodlights lit the behemoths.....
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