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The shaky national economy remains a challenge for DICKEY-john Corp., and more layoffs are possible, the company’s chief executive said Thursday.
Even after back-to-back profitable years, chief operating officer Harvey Baker said, farmers are sitting tight when it comes to major equipment purchases. He hopes forecasts for a national economic recovery later this year prove accurate, but DICKEY-john already has taken steps to restructure operations and control costs.
DICKEY-john is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Sangamon County with a work force of about 300. The company held an open house Thursday to show off a new generation of diagnostic technology.
“Unfortunately for us, (the depth of the recession) wasn’t apparent at the beginning of the year,” Baker said during an interview at the plant on the south edge of Auburn. “We thought we were doing OK because the farming market just kept going. It didn’t really slack off that much from our fourth-quarter.”
DICKEY-john announced a round of layoffs in April as a result of a drop in orders. The privately owned company, which supplies major manufacturers such as John Deere Co., does not disclose specific layoff numbers.
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