The company officials informed the rest of 154 hourly and 74 salaried employees at the plant that Ithaca operations would phase out in the next 12 to 14 months.
Dave Baldridge, Emerson corporate spokesman stated that Emerson Power has based its decision on “global economic and competitive pressures and the need to most effectively operate to best meet the needs of (our) customers.”
Dave Baldridge also informed that the decision is not a reflection on the quality of work being performed at the Ithaca plant.
According to the company’s website Emerson Power Transmission, a division of Emerson Industrial Automation which is a unit of St. Louis-based Emerson, produces mechanical-power transmission lines, components, and bearings.
