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News Release from: Parker Hannifin
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Team on 13 October 2006
Watford plant to stop manufacturing
Parker Hannifin is entering into a period of consultation with employees and their representatives to phase out manufacturing at a plant within its Cylinder Division located in Watford, Hertfordshire.
Parker Hannifin is entering into a period of consultation with employees and their representatives to phase out manufacturing at a plant within its Cylinder Division located in Watford, Hertfordshire The Cylinder Division, which has been manufacturing in Watford for more than 40 years, has been experiencing increasing uncertainty about the future of the current building lease and increasing difficulty in attracting suitable employees, due to the decline in the manufacturing based economy in the Watford area
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 20 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a consequence, it is proposed to transfer the manufacture of accumulators and tie-rod cylinders, which currently takes place at the Cylinder Division headquarter facility in Greycaine Road, Watford, to one of Parker's other Cylinder Division plants at Hellaby, near Rotherham in South Yorkshire.
The Watford facility currently employs 50 people, of whom 32 are expected to be involved in the consultation.
The headquarters and business development functions of the division would remain in the Watford area, and it is anticipated that up to 18 new jobs would be created through expanded manufacturing and support facilities at the Hellaby plant. Request free introductory details about products from Parker Hannifin ...
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