Whirlpool pulls plug: Fort Smith plant to close; 1,000 to lose jobs
Posted: October 28, 2011 at 5:16 a.m.
Whirlpool Corp. employed 4,600 people at this Fort Smith plant in August of 2005. That number began to drop in 2006, and the company now has about 1,000 employees there.
Whirlpool Corp. said Thursday that it will close its Fort Smith manufacturing plant by the middle of next year, putting about 1,000 people out of work.
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