Kimball International Inc.

WEAVERVILLE -- Kimball International Inc. closed its plant here, laying off the last of its 20 employees only a year after it opened. The company made furniture and electronic equipment on contract for the home, office and health-care markets.

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Title Annotation:	closes plant in Weaverville, North Carolina
Comment:	Kimball International Inc.(closes plant in Weaverville, North Carolina)
Publication:	Business North Carolina
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1U5NC
Date:	Sep 1, 2001
Words:	38
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