Layoff at Emerson
Jobs moved to Mexico
By BYRON HENSLEY
hensley@dnj.com
Emerson Heating Products announced Monday it will lay off 35 employees at its Murfreesboro plant effective this Friday, a company spokesman said.
"The reduction is necessary as heating products restructures its business to better meet the needs of our customers in the face of some strong competition," Emerson spokesman Mark Polzin said.
"This is not a reflection on the great work our employees have accomplished, and we will be doing a number of things to assist those employees affected by this," he said.
The layoffs effect about half of the plant's employees, Polzin said.
Emerson will move jobs lost from the Murfreesboro plant to its existing heating products business in Mexico, he said.
Emerson Heating Products' Murfreesboro plant primarily manufactures open-coil heating elements for the appliance and heating and air conditioning industries.
"There will still be manufacturing of heating elements" at the Murfreesboro facility, he said. "Part of the business is staying; part is moving."
Originally known as Heatcraft, the 24,000-square-foot plant has been in operation since the early 1970s. It was founded by Bill McFarlane, who remained the general manager until his retirement in 1997. It was owned at one point by Lennox International, and in 1999 was acquired by Caradon Custom Controls, Inc., at which time it employed some 110 employees.
Emerson announced in 2005 that it was relocating its division headquarters to Murfreesboro, citing Murfreesboro's ideal location because of its proximity to most of its key customers' locations.
By BYRON HENSLEY
hensley@dnj.com
Emerson Heating Products announced Monday it will lay off 35 employees at its Murfreesboro plant effective this Friday, a company spokesman said.
"The reduction is necessary as heating products restructures its business to better meet the needs of our customers in the face of some strong competition," Emerson spokesman Mark Polzin said.
"This is not a reflection on the great work our employees have accomplished, and we will be doing a number of things to assist those employees affected by this," he said.
The layoffs effect about half of the plant's employees, Polzin said.
Emerson will move jobs lost from the Murfreesboro plant to its existing heating products business in Mexico, he said.
Emerson Heating Products' Murfreesboro plant primarily manufactures open-coil heating elements for the appliance and heating and air conditioning industries.
"There will still be manufacturing of heating elements" at the Murfreesboro facility, he said. "Part of the business is staying; part is moving."
Originally known as Heatcraft, the 24,000-square-foot plant has been in operation since the early 1970s. It was founded by Bill McFarlane, who remained the general manager until his retirement in 1997. It was owned at one point by Lennox International, and in 1999 was acquired by Caradon Custom Controls, Inc., at which time it employed some 110 employees.
Emerson announced in 2005 that it was relocating its division headquarters to Murfreesboro, citing Murfreesboro's ideal location because of its proximity to most of its key customers' locations.
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