Indiana company closing Oklahoma City plant

Published: 06/21/11 - 4:45pm Written by Dick Pryor
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Indiana company that produces water and fuel pumping systems plans to close its Oklahoma City manufacturing plant. Franklin Electric Co. Inc. says most of the work done at the facility will be moved to an operation in Linares, Mexico, and a small portion will be transferred to another Oklahoma City location. Officials said the transfers should be completed by next year. The company didn't specify how many employees in Oklahoma City will be affected. A spokesman at the company's headquarters in Bluffton, Ind., didn't immediately return a call seeking comment on Tuesday. The company last year eliminated 50 jobs at its Siloam Springs, Ark., facility. Officials said they expect to incur additional charges for the write-down of assets from that facility. The company's website says it employs 3,500 worldwide.