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DATE: FRIDAY, June 22, 1990                   TAG: 9006220173
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Short

VOLVO PLANT CLOSING AN ADDITIONAL WEEK

Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp. will shut down its operation for another week in August because of unfavorable market conditions, officials said Thursday.

Both shifts will be down the week of August 20, Jane Smith, human resources manager, said in a news release. This brings the total shutdown for August to two full weeks for both shifts.

The decision to close temporarily rather than make adjustments to the production rate was based on continued predictions that the market will take an upturn after the summer, Smith said.

She said the prediction is supported by a good volume of orders industrywide in May. - Staff report 


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