After
being sold by their parent companies, two
manufacturers are making moves to reduce
supply chain costs and push more production
work to lower cost countries.
Hanesbrands, the underwear and casual apparel
maker spun off from Sara Lee last September,
announced it will close a factory in Winston-Salem,
NC, idling about 600 employees. The production
will move to Central America and the Caribbean,
where there are a number of existing company
operations. After the spinoff, Hanesbrands
had previously closed other U.S. facilities
and consolidated distribution centers.
The latest move was especially tough, however,
as Hanesbrands is headquartered in Winston-Salem.
Meanwhile, Techtronic, which acquired the
Hoover Vacuum brand from Whirlpool stemming
from Whirlpool’s acquisition of Maytag,
announced it was closing equipment production
in a Hoover factory near Canton, OH and
moving the work to El Paso, TX and Juarez,
Mexico. Techtronic will keep a distribution
center in Ohio. |