Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Lennox closing Illinois plant

Lennox International Inc. is closing its refrigeration plant in Danville, Ill., the company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday.

The Richardson-based company also said its would consolidate its Danville manufacturing, support and warehouse functions in its Tifton and Stone Mountain, Ga., plants.

The consolidation is expected to be completed over the next 18 months, Lennox said in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

As a result of the plant closing, 270 workers will lose their jobs, Lennox spokeswoman Karen O'Shea told the Dallas Business Journal Wednesday.

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