TOLEDO, Ohio -ÊDana Corp.Tuesday announced four of eight facilities it plans to close during the next two years, including the Syracuse plant. The actions will consolidate production and are designed to balance capacity and take advantage of lower-cost manufacturing locations.Dana announced preliminary plans to close eight facilities last month. The Syracuse plant employs approximately 65 people and manufactures axle components.The facility is expected to close by Sept.30. In addition to Syracuse, plants in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Guelph and Thorold, Ontario, Canada, will close. Production from the Syracuse and Cape Girardeau facilities will be moved to Dana operations in Mexico.Closure of the Guelph plant coincides with the end of a customer program that comprised all production volume at the facility.The majority of the production at the Thorold operation will be moved to Dana's Elizabethtown, Ky., structures plant.
Staff Report- | July 28, 2016