Published: July 11, 2016 |

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Another manufacturing facility in the area dependent on the coal mining industry is closing.

GE’s Fairchild Mining Equipment plant in Glen Lyn, Va. will close within six to 12 months, the company said Wednesday, impacting 59 employees.

Cathy Heiman, communications director for GE (General Electric) Mining in Erie, Penn., said the date of closure has not yet been set.

“We will be closing the facility and consolidating our footprint in the industry,” she said. “It will take six to 12 months to decommission it. We don’t have an exact date of closure yet.”

Heiman said the decline in the coal industry is the reason.

“We are consolidating our manufacturing in other plants,” she said, adding that GE Mining purchased the Glen Lyn plant in 2012 because it is close to coal mining operations.

“We wanted to be as transparent as possible about the closure,” she said.

Heiman said the company is working very closely with employees to find them employment.

“We want to see if there are opportunities for our employees within the company,” she said. “We also have a very fair benefit package and outplacement assistance. We really try to be as fair as possible.”

The facility in Glen Lyn manufactures equipment used in underground mining, she added, including vehicles, scoops and haulers.

The Fairchild facility has been in operation for almost 50 years.

Source: (July 1, 2016) Bluefied Daily Telegraph

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