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Coal plants have been closing at a fast rate since 2010 (290 plants closed from 2010 to May 2019; this was 40% of the US's coal generating capacity) due to competition from other generating sources, primarily cheaper and cleaner natural gas (a result of the fracking boom), which has replaced so many coal plants that natural gas now accounts for ...
Jereme Kent, CEO, of One Energy, standing in black, addresses a crowd of about 100 in York Township, about the Whirlpool Clyde plant green energy solar and wind power project.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a U.S. labor law that protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of planned closings and mass layoffs of employees. [1]
Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States. [2] In 2023, the Fortune 500 company had an annual revenue of approximately $19 billion in sales, around 59,000 employees, and more than 55 manufacturing and technology research centers globally.
The company would permanently close its distribution center and warehouse, it wrote in that WARN notice. That closing impacted another 179 warehouse workers, with layoffs starting in early March 2025.
The two projects will create a combined 40.8 megawatts of renewable energy, which Whirlpool Corp. statistics report bringing it into the top 25 percent of companies on the Environmental Protection ...
The Jackson plant evolved into a streamlined manufacturing facility that could build thousands of dishwashers daily on multiple lines. This plant was the most efficient plant and was a hallmark for other facilities. Whirlpool closed this plant in 2009. In 1997, Maytag Corporation purchased G.S. Blodgett Corporation, a maker of commercial ovens.
In 1997, the company was purchased by Goodman Global (now part of Daikin North America), a heating-and-cooling manufacturer which sold it to Maytag (now part of Whirlpool) in 2002. [2] Goodman still owns Amana's air conditioner and furnace division, and Amana home appliances are now owned and manufactured by the Whirlpool Corporation. [3]