Meritor Suspension Systems Company to Close Sheffield, U.K. Plant

Sheffield, England (Nov. 11, 2004) — Meritor Suspension Systems Company (MSSC) announced today the decision to close its Sheffield, England, stabilizer bar plant following the conclusion of a 90-day mass redundancy consultation process with its union, Amicus-AEEU. This action will affect 140 Amicus-AEEU union represented employees and 30 staff employees. The 70-person industrial spring, engine valve spring, and tool businesses are not impacted by this decision.

 

“This is an undesirable and difficult position for our business, our customers, and our employees. Unfortunately, this low-margin operation could not recover from rising steel prices and surcharges,” said Steve Scgalski, president and general manager of MSSC. “We are working with our customers to support product deliveries until alternative source arrangements can be made.”

 

In addition to the Sheffield facility, MSSC produces coil springs, stabilizer bars and torsion bars in North America with manufacturing plants in Milton, and Chatham, Ontario, Canada, as well as Hopkinsville, Ky., in the United States.

 

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