Vic: Jobs lost at Geelong textile factory

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2008
Vic: Jobs lost at Geelong textile factory

Union leaders have slammed an American company's decision to close its Victorian operation
.. with the loss of 150 textile jobs.

US parent company Xerium Technologies has announced that Geelong-based Huyck.Wangner
.. which manufactures fabric ingredients used in paper production .. will gradually wind
down production.

But the Textile Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia's condemned the announcement
.. saying it will have a devastating impact on the Huyck.Wangner workers and their families
.. and will flow on to the Geelong community more generally.

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KEYWORD: HUYCK (MELBOURNE)

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