Whirlpool says it will cut 1,100 jobs and close a refrigerator factory in Evansville, Indiana in the USA. The jobs will be eliminated in mid-2010.
Whirlpool is still deciding what to do with 300 employees who work at a product-development center at the Evansville location.
Whirlpool plans to move the main Evansville production work to Mexico and another yet to be announced or decided location.
Whirlpool has aggressively cut costs as demand for appliances and other big-ticket items has shrunk in the current recession. This move seems to be a part of the restructuring plan to cut costs that Whirlpool announced some months ago.