
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, April 16, 1991                   TAG: 9104160115
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BRISTOL                                LENGTH: Short

MACHINE MANUFACTURER LAYS OFF 120 WORKERS

Simmons Rand, a manufacturer of machines used in mining and aircraft industries, has laid off 120 people at its two Southwest Virginia plants in Bristol and Tazewell County.

Fifty-two of the workers were laid off at Bristol and 68 at Cedar Bluff. A soft market for coal and the financial plight of the airline industry caused drops in product purchases, a company spokesman said.

- Southwest bureau

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