Friday, April 25, 2008
SKYLINE SHUTTING DOWN NOMAD TRAVEL TRAILER PLANT IN OREGON
RV Business
Friday, April 25, 2008
Elkhart, Ind.-based Skyline Corp. has announced that it plans to close its manufacturing plant in McMinnville, Ore., eliminating 84 jobs.
The News Enterprise, McMinnville, reported that the facility, which produces the company’s Nomad line of travel trailers, will close June 20.
The company is working with a "rapid response team" created by the state and a local community college to help employees find new jobs or seek retraining, said Jodi Christensen, executive director of the McMinnville Economic Development Partnership and a member of the response team.
The company has not indicated any plans to close Skyline's manufactured housing plant in McMinnville, Christensen said.
Nomad Manager Terry Ainslie referred all media inquiries to the company's corporate headquarters, where a spokesman was unavailable on Wednesday (April 23).
Deanna Webber, coordinator of Workforce Oregon's Yamhill County branch and head of the response team, said that Skyline also has contacted Forest River Inc. in nearby Dallas to see whether it is interested in hiring any of the Skyline employees. Forest River is expanding its operations and has positions open, Christensen said.
"We all have same goal - to make sure people have jobs and are going to continue to work," she said. "It's certainly a tight community, and they're going to take care of each other."
Friday, April 25, 2008
Elkhart, Ind.-based Skyline Corp. has announced that it plans to close its manufacturing plant in McMinnville, Ore., eliminating 84 jobs.
The News Enterprise, McMinnville, reported that the facility, which produces the company’s Nomad line of travel trailers, will close June 20.
The company is working with a "rapid response team" created by the state and a local community college to help employees find new jobs or seek retraining, said Jodi Christensen, executive director of the McMinnville Economic Development Partnership and a member of the response team.
The company has not indicated any plans to close Skyline's manufactured housing plant in McMinnville, Christensen said.
Nomad Manager Terry Ainslie referred all media inquiries to the company's corporate headquarters, where a spokesman was unavailable on Wednesday (April 23).
Deanna Webber, coordinator of Workforce Oregon's Yamhill County branch and head of the response team, said that Skyline also has contacted Forest River Inc. in nearby Dallas to see whether it is interested in hiring any of the Skyline employees. Forest River is expanding its operations and has positions open, Christensen said.
"We all have same goal - to make sure people have jobs and are going to continue to work," she said. "It's certainly a tight community, and they're going to take care of each other."
