P.M. BRIEFING : GE to Shut 2 Electric Range Plants
<i> From Times wire services </i>
FAIRFIELD, Conn. —
General Electric Co., in a move to consolidate operations, is eliminating 1,400 jobs and closing two factories that manufacture electric ranges, the company said today.
The two plants being closed are in Dalton, Ga., and Columbia, Md. Both plants will be put up for sale by Fairfield-based GE. Most of the 900 jobs in Maryland will be eliminated, and factory operations will be phased out over the next 18 months, said GE spokesman James Allen.
GE also plans to reduce its hourly employment at its electric range plant in Louisville, Ky., from 1,500 to 1,100 by mid-1991. Allen said GE expects to meet its goal there through attrition.
