[CPEO-BIF] Tyler Pipe, Macungie, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tyler Pipe says it will close foundry

Company announces layoffs for 180 workers at Macungie site.

By Sam Kennedy
Allentown Morning Call (PA)
April 22, 2006

Tyler Pipe Co. announced Friday that it is closing its foundry and 
laying off 180 employees in Macungie.

The Tyler Penn Foundry, site of a major fire in November, employs 34 
management and 163 hourly workers, according to a company spokeswoman. 
All but 17 in shipping and receiving — operations that will be 
maintained — will lose their jobs.

...

Boehm said she fears the foundry closure means the borough will now have 
to deal with a brownfield, a term used to denote contaminated land that 
can be difficult to put to new uses because of environmental constraints.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5tylerapr22,0,7448124.story

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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