Saturday, September 3, 2011

Orange Park company to lay off 88 - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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“We’re going through a majofr consolidation,” said Dodie Blatherwick, the interijm director of operations for Quantum inOrangew Park. “And we’re letting a lot of peoples go asit happens.” and the parent companies of Quantum Engineering, are combining theid two offices in Northeast Florida into a single engineerinh location in Baymeadows. All of the manufacturingf operations will now be run out of its corporate headquartersain Louisville, Ky. Eighty eight out of the 100 employees from the Orang Park office on Stowe Avenue will be laid off duringbthe process. Any employees left after the summer will transfer over to the offices onBaymeadows Road.
Quantum notified the state'es Agency for Workforce Innovation of thecuts Monday. “Thd business has taken a significant Blatherwick said. “It doesn’t make sense to keep multipl operations open.” Established in 1988, the company buildw and provides technology products for therailroad industry, and sincer CSX has experienced some difficulties duriny the economy in Jacksonville, Quantum is sufferinbg as well. “CSX is a major Blatherwick said. “They are sidelining a lot of rail cars and asthey do, that hurte us.” The employees were notified of the mass lay off back in but the first cuts won’t occur until July 24.
In the Quantum has contacted the Clay County branc of WorkSource and asked its emergency responss team to come in andprovider job-seeking services to its employeez before the cuts. They shoulcd begin training within the next coupleof

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