SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Eaton Corp. will close a circuit breaker assembly plant in Puerto Rico and shift the work to another factory in the U.S. island territory and to the Dominican Republic, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The company will phase out production at the plant in Cabo Rojo, in southwestern Puerto Rico, over the next 18 months and eliminate 315 full-time positions and 70 temporary ones, said Amanda Mushrush, a spokeswoman for Eaton's electrical division.
The production will be shifted to Eaton plants in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and in Haina, Dominican Republic, Mushrush said.
The plant closure is intended to save money by consolidating manufacturing operations, she said. The company's electrical division operates five assembly plants in Puerto Rico, including the one slated to close in Cabo Rojo, and one in the Dominican Republic.
Eaton Corp., based in Cleveland, Ohio, has about 60,000 employees worldwide and had sales last year of $US11.1 billion (euro8.3 billion).
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