Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Another Leggett company announces layoffs

Another company owned by Carthage-based Fortune 500 company Leggett & Platt has announced a major layoff, according to the Winston-Salem NC Journal.
Hanes Dye & Finishing Co., announced Tuesday it was laying off 144 workers., with company officials blaming Asisn textile imports.
"That is the single biggest contributing factor," Hanes Dye vice president and general manager Mike Vaughan told the newspaper. "We didn't anticipate this flood of imports."

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