Continental Suspends Mayfield Production and Cuts 800 Jobs
Continental Tire North America has announced that it will indefinitely suspend tyre production at its Mayfield, Kentucky plant by 31 December 2004. The move will mean that 715 hourly and 112 salaried employees will lose their jobs. Continental hopes that working with the appropriate agencies will ease the transition for affected employees. The Mayfield plant is still valuable to Continental and the company has not plans to close it completely. In the meantime Continental will make use of the plant’s mixing and warehouse facilities.