The USA is getting RHEEMED! Rheem to move 250 jobs to Mexico

Rheem announced Thursday (June 23) the company will move 250 jobs from Fort Smith to an expanded manufacturing plant in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, during a phased plan expected to last three years.

As of November 2010, Rheem’s Fort Smith plant employed about 900 hourly and 338 salaried workers.

“We anticipate most of the employees in these jobs will be able to be placed in other jobs at the Fort Smith plant as a result of normal attrition and retirements,” the company noted in the statement. “The Fort Smith plant continues to be a key manufacturing facility in the company’s global business plan and additional capital investments in Fort Smith are planned during this transition period.”