Automotive supplier closing in Botetourt

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DALEVILLE -- Automotive supplier JTEKT North America says it will close its Botetourt County plant early next year.

Michael Bowers, vice president of operations, said in a news release Friday that the company's manufacturing plants are operating between 35 percent and 65 percent of capacity because of slumping vehicle sales.

He says the Daleville plant will begin to wind down operations in October. Some of the 260 employees will be offered jobs at plants in Texas and Tennessee.

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Flag Comment Posted by ihip on July 13, 2009 at 7:26 am

Is that what Rush is teaching you these days. The good doctor of multi meat sandwiches proves my point in his reply. This looks like another glaring example of the failure of public schools. I am sure “clueless” would be the best adjective. Watch out doc, the evil black man is every where. Be afraid, be very afraid. Join your Texas buddy under the bed where the monsters can’t get you, hurry!

Flag Comment Posted by MR M on July 12, 2009 at 5:39 pm

That isn’t a doctor he works in a sub shop .

Flag Comment Posted by drhoagie on July 12, 2009 at 5:37 pm

Being you appear to be the only non-idiot in this nation, can you explain for us all how 16,000 people are losing their jobs each day AFTER Obama and the Democrats signed the $TRILLION$ “stimulus” bill to save jobs?
And just how many votes did “the little coward from Texas and his gang of idiots” cast in favor of this reckless power grab of a bill?

Flag Comment Posted by ihip on July 12, 2009 at 12:41 pm

Yes dr hoagie is right, after all, he is a doctor. The little coward from Texas and his gang of idiots who occupied the White House from 2000-2008 had nothing to do with the present state of the economy it is all the fault of the evil black man. The good doctor illustrates the greatest problem facing the U.S.; we are a nation of morons.

Flag Comment Posted by drhoagie on July 12, 2009 at 10:53 am

Hopefully the good workers in Botetourt can take comfort in knowing they are not the only victims of Obamanomics.
Recently 500 workers at the Hav-A-Tampa cigar factory were laid off due to decreased sales since Obama and Democrats passed the S-CHIP tax.
And Tim Hortons (donut chain) is leaving Delaware to move to Canada in an effort to seek lower taxes. 
Yeah, that’s right.  Leaving the US of A and going to socialist Canada to seek “lower taxes”.

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