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Beardstown company to close, 50 lose jobs

Posted: 08.23.2012 at 6:13 AM

BEARDSTOWN, ILL. -- A Beardstown company is closing its doors.

According to the Cass County Star Gazette, Ansell Hawkeye plans to close its production operations in Beardstown by October.

It opened operations back in 1999, making leather gloves for the military and retail markets.

Fifty-one people will lose their jobs when the facility shuts down. Click here to read more.

Click here to read more about products made at the Beardstown plant.

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