艾奥瓦州瓦佩洛县奥塔姆瓦市迪尔公司11月4日宣布关闭奥塔姆瓦工厂生产转往安克尼
迪尔公司11月4日宣布，将在未来几年内关闭位于艾奥瓦州奥塔姆瓦和克拉里恩的两家工厂，并调整部分生产线布局。公司表示，随着客户需求与制造产能的变化，奥塔姆瓦工厂生产的干草与谷物收割用摆式割草机（windrower）将不迟于2027财年结束（即2027年10月31日）前转移至位于安克尼的得梅因工厂；奥塔姆瓦生产的青贮圆捆机则将在2028财年结束前转往安克尼，此后奥塔姆瓦工厂将关闭。迪尔公司总部位于伊利诺伊州莫林，已拥有奥塔姆瓦工厂一个多世纪。
克拉里恩工厂自1947年起生产自行式哈吉喷雾机，迪尔计划将其生产转移至路易斯安那州蒂博多，该工厂将在2029财年关闭。公司同时表示，将把莫林播种工厂的小型播种机生产转移至艾奥瓦州西北部的帕顿，时间为2027财年。迪尔称，此次生产转移预计不会增加得梅因工厂的用工人数。公司8月公布的财报显示，前九个月利润同比下降4%，生产与精准农业设备销售额下降6%。
代表迪尔工人的美国汽车工人联合会11月4日发表声明，批评公司关闭艾奥瓦工厂的计划。联合会在艾奥瓦州约有6600名会员，双方定于2027年开始新一轮合同谈判。奥塔姆瓦是艾奥瓦州东南部城市，迪尔工厂是当地重要的制造业雇主，工厂关闭的消息引发当地社区对就业与经济影响的担忧，后续安置与转型安排仍有待公司与地方政府进一步公布。
（来源：得梅因纪事报）
John Deere to Close Ottumwa Plant Announced November 4, Production Moving to Ankeny
Deere & Company announced on November 4 that it will close its plants in Ottumwa and Clarion, Iowa, over the coming years and realign some production. Citing changing customer demand and manufacturing capacity, the company said windrower production for hay and grain cutting at Ottumwa will move to the Des Moines Works plant in Ankeny by the end of fiscal 2027 (October 31, 2027); Ottumwa's round baler production for silage will move to Ankeny by the end of fiscal 2028, after which the Ottumwa plant will close. Deere, headquartered in Moline, Illinois, has operated in Ottumwa for more than a century.
The Clarion plant, which has made self-propelled Hagie sprayers since 1947, will see that production move to Thibodaux, Louisiana, and will close in fiscal 2029. Deere will also move small planter production from its Moline seeding plant to Paton in northwest Iowa in fiscal 2027. The company said the shift is not expected to boost employment at Des Moines Works. Its August results showed profit for the first nine months down 4% year over year, with production and precision agriculture equipment sales down 6%.
The United Auto Workers, which represents Deere workers and has about 6,600 members in Iowa, criticized the plan to close Iowa plants in a November 4 statement. The union and Deere are scheduled to begin new contract talks in 2027. Ottumwa is a city in southeast Iowa where the Deere plant is a major manufacturing employer, and the closure news has raised community concern about jobs and the local economy, with transition arrangements still to be announced.
(Source: Des Moines Register)
来源：得梅因纪事报
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