The remanufacturer will relocate its “remaining sales and administrative offices” in Ohio to Pennsylvania. 
WTOV9 reported on the lay-offs, which are a continuation of previous job cuts by the company announced in July last year, when 66 employees were made redundant when the first moves between the two sites took place.
The site losing staff is the company’s sales and administrative offices in Valley Grove, Ohio, which will be relocated to the company’s headquarters in Washington, Pennsylvania. The company’s press release stated that it “plans to consolidate the remaining remanufacturing operations” into the main facility in Washington, and that “approximately half of the Valley Grove employees affected by the change will be offered positions” in Washington.
In a similar statement to his previous one concerning the cuts last year, Tom Day, President of West Point Products, said: “Our industry has been continuously consolidating for several years resulting in an increasingly challenging global market environment. In an effort to maintain our competitive position in the marketplace, we’ve determined that it’s no longer economically feasible for us to continue to operate two facilities in such close proximity to one another.
“We regret the impact these moves will have on our affected employees and their families and greatly appreciate the contribution of each employee and thank them for their years of dedicated service.”