About 200 employees of Kimball Electronics in Hibbing received the somewhat expected but bitter news today that their jobs will disappear by March.
“I think everyone was just hoping some miracle would happen and they’d keep it open,” said Bonnie Fena, who helped launch the electronics-manufacturing facility 33 years ago as Hibbing Electronics Inc.
She said most everyone knew that Kimball Electronics Group had been considering a plant closure for months.
“The truth is that I think they had made their decision back in August, when they started communicating to customers that they might cease production in Hibbing,” said Fena, adding: “You don’t say something like that, unless that’s your intention.”
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