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The company announced in
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The efforts were unsuccessful, and many workers were offered work at other plants, buyouts, or retirement. On
December 12, 2008, the plant ceased production. A small contingency of workers remained until mid-January to assist with physically closing the facility.
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However, the plant would not close until 2008 while company executives and union officials tried to work together to formulate a plan to sell the factory to another owner that would keep operations consistent.
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Pittsburgh, serving as a stamping plant for new car parts. At its peak, the plant employed 3500 workers ten years after its opening.
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