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Delphi to lay off Vandalia safety employees

By Thomas Gnau, Staff Writer 10:33 AM Wednesday, June 17, 2009

VANDALIA — Less than two months after announcing it would leave the safety components business, Delphi has advised Ohio government that it will permanently lay off about 116 local workers.

In an undated letter to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Kevin Clancey, human resources director for Delphi Electronics and Safety, says employees at the 250 Northwoods Blvd. plant will be laid off permanently between August 2009 and January 2010.

The bankrupt auto parts producer informed safety parts employees in May that the company intends to exit the occupant protection systems business. The business concerns the design and production of vehicle air bags, seat belts and steering wheels.

Delphi’s operations off Northwoods Boulevard also employ about 200 other people in its thermal products business. Delphi has made no announcement regarding that operation.

Since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October 2005, Delphi has closed plants in Dayton and Moraine and has leased part of another plant in Kettering to auto parts producer Tenneco. The Vandalia operations are the company’s last in the Dayton area.

In April 2008, Inteva launched its own presence at the Northwoods facility. Inteva, a subsidiary of the Renco Group, bought Delphi’s Interiors and Closures product line and leases about 80,000 square feet of space from Delphi in the company’s engineering center in Vandalia.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or tgnau@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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It was bound to happen...like all other manufacturing- if you want to stay in manufacturing move to China or build windmills in Iowa

tom
9:20 PM, 6/17/2009

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I agree with Dale. Delphi was great for the Vandalia community for years. Nothing last forever.
They did a super job clearing the ole plant site and if the safety part needs to be cleared- assume it will be done equally well.

JBS
5:40 PM, 6/17/2009

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I think vandalia should anex the facility and develop it for business. I think Delphi gave our community very good paying jobs that lasted for years so they gave plenty to our community. Things change and the job market shifts. Lets face it, everybody knew this was coming so don't act shocked. Here's some advice, don't get a manufacturing job it will be gone before you retire.

dale
4:37 PM, 6/17/2009

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Who is ging to pay for the clean up of the Vandalia plant? Corporations leave the run down and contaminated buildings behind after they have raped our communities for all they are worth.

Chris
2:28 PM, 6/17/2009

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Good luck to all of US.

Ex Home Ave employee
12:13 PM, 6/17/2009

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