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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowBorgWarner Automotive has confirmed in a state filing that 750 workers will lose their jobs at its Muncie plant, which supplies transmission components to General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.
BorgWarner Inc., based in Auburn Hills, Mich., said early last year that its Muncie operation would close when the current union contract expires in April.
The plant, which is nearly a half-mile long, will be torn down after production ends. Other companies have expressed interest in the site along Indiana 32 on the city’s west side.
Also, Illinois-based Navistar Inc. has given official notice to the state that more than 1,300 workers will lose their jobs once the company closes its Indianapolis plant by July 31.
Navistar said in January that it would close the 1.1-million-square-foot plant, which began making engines in 1938 as International Harvester, because it ended a generation-long relationship with Ford Motor Co., supplying diesel engines for its F-series pickup trucks.
About 650 of the workers who will lose their jobs are actively working at the plant. The remaining 680 are considered inactive by the union.
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