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Largest U.S. band manufacturer plans to leave Ohio, send some production overseas
Conn Selmer plans to eliminate 150 jobs by closing its Eastlake plant and shifting production to Elkhart, Monroe, and overseas to improve efficiency and competitiveness.
- This summer Conn Selmer announced tentative plans to close its Eastlake, Ohio plant around June 30, moving French horn production to Elkhart, Indiana and sending tuba and sousaphone work offshore.
- The company said the move will improve competitiveness, concentrate professional brass in Elkhart, Indiana and percussion in Monroe, North Carolina, and highlighted Elkhart instrument-building history since 1875.
- Local officials say the closure would eliminate 150 jobs and remove the city's fifth-largest factory in Eastlake, Ohio, while negotiations continue with the union representing Conn Selmer's hourly employees.
- The mayor said Eastlake leaders called the potential loss "a large loss for a community our size" and maintain weekly contact with Conn Selmer senior manager to seek solutions.
- The move highlights Conn Selmer's plan to shift some work to Elkhart, Indiana while offshoring brass production, contrasting with President Donald Trump's tariff-driven reshoring efforts.
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Largest U.S. band manufacturing plans to leave Ohio, send some production overseas
(The Center Square) – While President Donald Trump continues to use tariffs to push for manufacturing to return to the United States, the largest manufacturer of band instruments in the United States is leaning toward the opposite.
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- 42% of the sources are Center, 42% of the sources lean Right
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C 42%
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