Albany discontinues fabric manufacture in two locations.ALBANY DISCONTINUES FABRIC MANUFACTURE IN TWO LOCATIONS. Albany International Corp. (Albany), Albany, New York For other uses, see Albany. Albany is the capital of the State of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany lies 136 miles (219 km) north of New York City, and slightly to the south of the juncture of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. , USA, has announced a plan to discontinue dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: press fabric and forming fabric manufacturing at its facility in Dieren, the Netherlands, and to discontinue dryer fabric manufacturing at its facility in Bury Bury (bĕ`rē), city (1991 pop. 60,785) and metropolitan district, NE England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Irwell River and linked by canal with Bolton and Manchester. , Lancashire Lancashire (lăng`kəshĭr, –shər), county (1991 pop. 1,365,100), 1,878 sq mi (4,864 sq km), N England, on the Irish Sea. The county town is Lancaster. , England. These actions are part of Albany's continuing effort to match capacity to the global demand for paper machine clothing. At the Bury facility, the proposal will probably impact up to 50 of the 130 people employed. Bury would continue to manufacture process belts for shoe press and related paper machine applications. At the Dieren operations, all manufacturing would cease and would affect approximately 280 employees. |
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