Mayfield Plant Produces Last Tyre

After pleas from unions to reconsider its closure plans, Continental General Tire finally closed the production side of its Mayfield plant this week. The closure will result in about 800 jobs losses. Continental announced in June that the plant would close on Dec. 31. Plant manager Hank Eisenga said the facility was scheduled to go on its standard two-week winter shutdown on Monday. The production facility will not be reopening in the new year. The end of production was a bittersweet occasion for workers who discovered that the Continental will keep on 200 workers after initially saying it would only re-employ 130.