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Sad news and really shows the state of the boating industry.
Tonight on Local TN news reports that one of the SeaRay Plants in Knoxville is closing.
"Brunswick Corp. is closing its Riverview boat manufacturing plant in the Forks of the River Industrial Park in East Knox County the company said today.
The plant will stop making Sea Ray boats in the first quarter with production moved to other Brunswick plants in Knoxville and Vonore, Tenn., the company said. About 300 jobs will be eliminated when the plant closes, although the company will try to move as many employees as possible to jobs at other Sea Ray Plants.
The company also plans to cut an additional 275 jobs "throughout Sea Ray manufacturing and product development facilities as well as at Sea Ray's Knoxville headquarters by Friday."
"We have taken a number of actions over the past few years in an effort to mitigate persistent difficult conditions in the global marine market and economy," Brunswick Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dustan E. McCoy said in a statement. "These actions have included reduced production rates, as well as virtually halting production during periodic furloughs. The three plants near Knoxville have recently completed a production furlough, which has helped reduce our overall marine pipeline, but the global marine market remains in a severe downturn because of the weakening economies here and abroad and anxious consumer sentiment. These conditions have led to the difficult decision to mothball the Riverview facility."
More details online as the develop and in Wednesday's News Sentinel."
Tonight on Local TN news reports that one of the SeaRay Plants in Knoxville is closing.
"Brunswick Corp. is closing its Riverview boat manufacturing plant in the Forks of the River Industrial Park in East Knox County the company said today.
The plant will stop making Sea Ray boats in the first quarter with production moved to other Brunswick plants in Knoxville and Vonore, Tenn., the company said. About 300 jobs will be eliminated when the plant closes, although the company will try to move as many employees as possible to jobs at other Sea Ray Plants.
The company also plans to cut an additional 275 jobs "throughout Sea Ray manufacturing and product development facilities as well as at Sea Ray's Knoxville headquarters by Friday."
"We have taken a number of actions over the past few years in an effort to mitigate persistent difficult conditions in the global marine market and economy," Brunswick Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dustan E. McCoy said in a statement. "These actions have included reduced production rates, as well as virtually halting production during periodic furloughs. The three plants near Knoxville have recently completed a production furlough, which has helped reduce our overall marine pipeline, but the global marine market remains in a severe downturn because of the weakening economies here and abroad and anxious consumer sentiment. These conditions have led to the difficult decision to mothball the Riverview facility."
More details online as the develop and in Wednesday's News Sentinel."
