AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT CREATIVE EXTRUDED PRODUCTS / BTA ENTERPRISES

Tipp City, Ohio-based Creative Extruded Products, a toolmaker and rubber fabricator specializing in precision custom profile extrusion and injection molding for the automotive automotive glass market, has announced two permanent plant closures.

The closure will impact 165 jobs at the At Creative Extruded Products plant in Tipp City, Ohio and 78 jobs located at the BTA Enterprises plant in Dayton, Ohio. All employment will cease December 31, 2021.

The decision was driven by a failed acquisition by a potential buyer. The company is believed to be owned by New York-based Quilvest Private Equity, a global independent wealth manager, that acquired Creative Extruded Products in 2017.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT CHIP GANASSI RACING

Am I Next? Chip Ganassi Racing to leave NASCAR competition.

Concord, North Carolina-based Chip Ganassi Racing, a motorsports company fielding professional racing teams, has announced that the company would cease its NASCAR activities after the end of the current 2021 Cup Season on November 7, 2021, and transfer all of its NASCAR assets to a competitor, Nashville, Tennessee-based Marks' Trackhouse Racing.

The company's 22-acre headquarters property in Concord, North Carolina was sold to a subsidiary of the Hendrick Automotive Group in Charlotte, North Carolina for $10.2 million. Trackhouse is expected to lease the building from Hendrick to continue racing a two-car NASCAR team.

The closure will impact 55 employees with layoffs scheduled for November 7, 2021.

Chip Ganassi Racing will continue fielding a racing team to compete in the NTT DATA INDYCAR SERIES, IMSA, and Extreme E, using their Indianapolis, Indiana racing facility.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT KENWORTH

Am I Next? Layoffs at Kenworth Trucks — chip shortage.

Kirkland, Washington-based Kenworth Trucks, a manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, has announced a major reduction in force at the company's assembly facility located in Chillicothe, Ohio.

The reduction in force will impact 350 employees and is targeted towards employees hired since April 2020. Layoffs are planned to commence on September 10, 2021.

The company has built and staged a number of trucks that sit parked and waiting for completion parts such as hard-to-obtain microchips for on-board controllers and computers.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?