(erielack) Horseheads plant to close

[David M Goessling <dgoessling_@_lucent.com>]

Does this plant get rail service?

DATE: 10/29/04(201506)
SOURCE: TWICE via Factiva
SUBJECT: Horseheads CRT Factory To Close
TEXT:
Horseheads, N.Y.  One-day after Panasonic executives announced plans to end CRT
- -based rear-projection TV production, the Matsushita-Toshiba Picture Display jo
int-venture picture tube factory here notified workers that it will end product
ion operations Dec. 29, according to a report in the Elmira Star-Gazette.
The announcement was seen by industry observers as one more sign that flat-pane
l television and microdisplay technologies are rapidly replacing the cathode-ra
y tube, which has ruled the television roost since the birth of technology.
It was also another in a list of U.S. television factories that have been shutt
ered in the past year in favor of more competitive Asian-made goods.
The joint venture company, which had been in place for the last 12 months, had
primarily produced large screen CRT picture tubes. Prior to the joint venture,
the 19-year-old facility had produced SuperTubes for Toshibas television lines,
 and had originally operated under a joint venture between Toshiba and Westingh
ouse.
Most recently, the Horseheads, N.Y. plant had been used to manufacture 32- and
36-inch picture tubes for a category of televisions that has come under increas
ing price pressure from the explosive growth in flat-panel plasma and LCD telev
ision imports.
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