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Originally Posted by rmcgraw351

Its official now. I have worked at Optima Batteries for 11 years. In 2000, Johnson controls bought Optima and immediatly began construction of a plant in mexico. We were told that our U.S. plant could not produce enough product so the plant in mexico would be to supply Europe. Slowly but surely, our product lines began being transferred to mexico. Then the week before Thanksgiving, we were told that the U.S. plant will be closed Jan.24 2009. Just thought you all would like to know.

cbs4denver.com - Aurora Battery Maker Moves Operations To Mexico

Really sorry to see them doing thta, but JCI has always been about profits. Back when they closed down the panel shop in Ohio and moved production to Mexico, and closed down the valve plant in Wisconsin, and moved it to Mexico, and when they moved transformer manufacture to again Mexico.
Lots of people lot jobs each time. We are talking good jobs where many people worked for years and years. They also went branch to branch across the country a few years ago laying off many people, targeting lots of "lifers" and changing job descriptions and handing out paycuts to those who stayed on while secretly hiring and training people to take the positions left vacant of people, some who had worked for 20+ years, to do the same job for far less pay and minimum benefits. Ironically a few short months later they announced the were purchasing York. Coincidence?