LISTEN to Rice discuss the sale of the plant and what it means for Twinsburg

 

Rice says that the workers and the equipment manufactured in the plant drew a lot of interest from potential buyers.

"There was a lot of interest because of the people and the equipment and the fact that those workers held their heads up and were proud of the plant's achievements as well as their own."

Bankruptcy reports showed 31 companies were looking to buy the stamping plant, which closed last year.

 

One of the companies interested in the plant was Twinsburg Industrial Park LLC, who bid 27.5 million dollars for the 195 acre property, as well as Cleveland based Park Corporation.

UAW Local 122 President Doug Rice was not shy in expressing his feeling over the plant's new buyer

"I'm not happy about it one little bit," Rice said. "It's a sad day for American manufacturing."

The plant was Twinsburg's largest private employer with over 1,000