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January 22, 2007 |
Benjamin Moore & Co., Montvale, NJ, has announced that its subsidiary, Benjamin Moore & Co., Ltd. will cease its manufacturing operations in Burlington, ON, by the middle of this year. The Burlington plant, which began operations in 1975, will be decommissioned by June 2008. The production of the alkyd (i.e. oil-based) paint products currently being made at Burlington will be moved to other Benjamin Moore manufacturing facilities in the US.
According to the company, the decision to close the plant was made due to the consistently steady decline in sales of alkyd paint as a result of increasingly stringent government regulations as well as the market's demand for more water-based products.
With 46 employees at the Burlington plant affected by the announcement, the company states that ensuring that those employees are supported throughout the transition to new employment or other endeavors is a priority. Opportunities to transfer to other positions within the company, either manufacturing or non-manufacturing, are also a possibility for a small number of applicants, the majority of which would require re-location to other areas in Canada. The company operates six other manufacturing facilities in North America, one in Montreal, QC, the other five are located throughout the US.The company has not decided what it will do with the Burlington facility and property.
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