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Elixir Industries Closing Tennessee Plant
Citing weak market conditions, Elixir Industries plans to close its door manufacturing plant in Crossville, Tenn., at year’s end. The company will consolidate steel door production at its facility in Douglas, Ga.
The move will mean about 30 lost jobs at the Tennessee plant, which not only produced steel doors, but also served as a distribution operation for fiberglass door slabs. The consolidation and relocation of operations is not expected to have any negative affect on customers. “The Douglas division is a flagship for Elixir and we anticipate process improvements in many areas that will enhance the steel door slabs going forward,” states Tim Suttles, director of national sales and marketing. “Customers should be pleased and we should be producing product in January ‘08.”
Bob Powers, Elixir’s national sales coordinator, told the local Tennessee paper that the move would also allow the company to remain competitive with Chinese-made imports.
Headquartered in Mission Viejo, Calif., Elixir is a 2007 Window & Door Top 100 manufacturer reporting sales in the $100 million to $200 million range. Offering doors for residential and factory-built housing, as well as recreational vehicles and other applications, it has manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S.
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