BY ANDY TAYLOR
Montgomery County Chronicle

WICHITA — Continuing to struggle in a sluggish economy, Cessna Aircraft Company announced Wednesday it was laying off 2,300 workers companywide, including 121 from Cessna’s Independence assembly plant, and closing its Oregon plant.

That closure of the Bend, Ore., facility could actually benefit the Independence plant as the Bend facility will relocate its entire production line of the Corvalis 350 and Corvalis 400 TT aircraft to Montgomery County.
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April 29, 2009 · Posted in News