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Plymouth to stop production at Mass. plant.(Plymouth Rubber Company Inc.)

Plastics News, March, 2005 by McNulty, Mike

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Byline: Mike McNulty Plymouth Rubber Co. Inc. will discontinue manufacturing at its Canton plant within the next three years and transfer production to a factory being built in China and to other facilities. About 275 of 350 employees at the Canton facility - which makes rubber and plastics products, including a variety of tapes and films - will be affected by the move.

The job cuts are to begin next year. The remaining 75 employees - mostly in sales, administration and research - will transfer to a product-development center the company plans to open near Canton when it closes the manufacturing facility, according to President and Chief Executive Officer Maurice Hamilburg. A decision on the exact location has not been made. In December, Plymouth and...

 

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