Vinyl window factory to close in Selinsgrove

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Vinyl window factory to close in Selinsgrove
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
BY JOHN BEAUGE
For The Patriot-News

The nationwide housing slump, over-capacity and a changing market will cost about 160 employees at the Phillips Products plant in Selinsgrove their jobs.

The employees, represented by Teamsters Local 764, have received the required legal notices advising them that operations will be phased out beginning in September, said Joseph McPhilamy, human resources director at Phillips' parent company, Tomkins Industries in Elkhart, Ind.

McPhilamy expects the plant, which makes vinyl windows and patio products, will be closed by the end of the year. Some employees will be given an opportunity to transfer to other facilities, he said.

The market for vinyl windows is mainly in the South and Southwest, while the North and Northeast is still a good market for wooden windows, which Phillips doesn't make, McPhilamy said.

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