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The eBearing News
October 6, 2003
NSK Franklin Plant
Marks Tenth Anniversary
copyright © 2003 eBearing Inc.
A somewhat unusual event, in this day of plant closings and reorganizations,
saw NSK Ltd. (Japan) marking the tenth anniversary of its NSK America Corp. plant in Franklin, Indiana
with a celebration and ceremony there.
The Franklin Ball Screw and Automotive Hub Manufacturing Plant has been in operation since 1993.
Employing approximately 350 people, the plant manufactures ball screws
for positioning purposes in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and automotive hub units,
primarily for Toyota, Honda, DaimlerChrysler, Nissan and General Motors.
It is not NSK's only facility in the area; the company has a component manufacturing plant in
Liberty, Indiana. And two years ago, NSK opened a new 136,000 square foot warehouse 20 miles north in
Indianapolis, primarily to service Toyota facilities. In all, NSK has nine facilities
in the United States.
• article: NSK opens new Indianapolis warehouse
As Franklin celebrated with NSK, however, ArvinMeritor (USA) announced it will be closing its
Light Vehicle Systems exhaust plant in Franklin by September 2004. ArvinMeritor is Franklin's
and the county's largest employer; almost 850 people will be losing their jobs as the
LVS division reorganizes and work is shifted to other facilities.
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