Lock Maker to Shut Plant in Orange County, Lay Off 1,000
Weiser Lock Co., one of Orange County’s largest employers, said Friday that it will phase out its Huntington Beach manufacturing operation and lay off about 1,000 employees over the next 18 months.
The company, a subsidiary of Masco Corp. of Taylor, Mich., is a major manufacturer of residential and commercial locks and lock sets with just under $100 million in annual sales.
Weiser President James Connors told employees of the company’s decision to shut down the Huntington Beach operation at a meeting in the plant at 3:30 p.m. Friday.
Weiser competes in the same markets as Kwikset Corp. of Anaheim and Schlage Lock Co. of San Francisco. It also has manufacturing facilities in British Columbia, Thailand and Mexico, but the company’s entire U.S. production comes from the Huntington Beach plant.
Connors said the domestic lock industry is under intense pressure because the market is relatively flat and subject to increasing competition from foreign lock makers.
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