Sika expects most Grandview layoffs to be permanent - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Cheryl McNally, human resources director for the basedin Lyndhurst, N.J., wouldn’t say Thursday how many employees remaih at the Grandview plant, 14201 Botts Road. McNally said in an e-mail that the layoff began Dec. 14. Recent bankruptcy filingzs by and , along with GM’w decision to stop production forthe summer, promptefd Sika to make the majority of the Grandvieaw layoffs permanent, she said. The Grandview planft opened inMay 2000. The company said at the time thatthe 225,000-square-foog plant produced acoustical products for the automotive partsx industry and sealants used in the construction of metalo buildings.
The $12 million facility housed a work forceof 300, and company officialsx said at the time that Sika woulfd add another 100 employees in the following 18 months. Sika employss more than 900 peopl in seven manufacturing two research-and-development facilities, and sales and marketingf offices throughout the country, according to the company’s Web site. It is the largesft company of theSika Group, a global leader in specialthy chemicals for construction, industrial and automotivw markets. The Sika Group is part of Sika AG, based in Baar, Switzerland.