Some Good News in Manufacturing

Simmons Co., the nation's second-largest bedding manufacturer, is planning to open three new manufacturing plants.

New plants will open in Sumner, Wash., and Hazleton, Pa. A third plant will open in South Georgia as a result of the closing of Atlanta-based Simmons' Jacksonville, Fla., plant.

The plants will range in size from 150,000 square feet to 215,000 square feet. The Sumner facility is expected to employ 140. The other two will employ 225 workers.

The Sumner plant is expected to open in November, with Hazleton opening in March. The South Georgia plant, the site of which has not been announced yet, will likely open in May 2004.

Let's hope other manufacturing companies will follow Simmons' lead.

Go here to read more.