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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Manufacturing Plant in Milledgeville to Close

Rheem Manufacturing Corp. is shuttering its Milledgeville plant for good by the end of the year.

Macon dot com reports the plant employs over a thousand people, many who live in surrounding middle Georgia counties. The company announced yesterday they will be laid in stages as Rheem consolidates operations at existing plants in Arkansas and Mexico.

The news comes four days after more than 650 employees returned to work from what company officials then called a "temporary" lay off.

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