Electrolux downsized staff by 55 percent in runup to closing announcement
Electrolux workers man an assembly line at the company's Memphis manufacturing facility on Jan. 9, 2014. The Swedish appliance maker shed 55 percent of its workforce in 2018 and announced last week it would shutter the plant. (Daily Memphian file)
Electrolux trimmed its Memphis factory's workforce by more than half during 2018, during the runup to a surprising Jan. 31 announcement it would shut down in Memphis in two years.
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