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Article published Aug 19, 2005
A company that makes lawn and garden tools in Pickens is moving its
manufacturing operations to China to save money.
Techtronic Industries
Co. Ltd. is taking 320 job to Asia, a company spokesman said
Thursday.
"It's about global positioning of resources, and trying to be
able to compete with the lowest price, and it can be manufactured there less
expensively," spokesman Mark Eber said.
He said 146 employees will stay
in Pickens to refurbish tools returned by consumers.
The layoffs should
be complete it by December, Eber said.
The plant assembles string
trimmers and produces leaf blowers and chain saws sold under the Ryobi and
Homelite brands.
Techtronic, of Hong Kong, acquired the Pickens plant and
a power tool sales, marketing and distribution center in Anderson from Ryobi
Ltd., of Japan, in 2000.
Techtronic continues to operate the Anderson
facility and employs about 750 full-time employees there, Eber
said.
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Information from: The Greenville News,