Foundry winding down operations in Dayton

Flowserve Corp. is in month two of a six month wind-down process before it ceases steel operations in Dayton in May 2016, said spokesman Lars Rosene.

Plans were first announced in November that the foundry on North Irwin Street was set to close and lay off about 80 workers.

However, Rosene said no layoffs have occurred to date and the Texas-based company has negotiated an agreement with the union for most workers to stay until the steelmaking ends. A small amount of employees may leave before then, but not many, he said.

Once Flowserve stops making steel in Dayton next year, plans are to keep a storage facility containing patterns to build molds for steel parts open with two to five employees, Rosene said. Additionally, Flowserve has another facility on Monument Avenue in Dayton that will stay open and is unaffected by the foundry announcement, he said. On Monument Avenue, more than 20 employees work on titanium parts manufacturing, and engineering, safety and other corporate functions, he said.

There are no plans at this point to sell the property on Irwin Street, according to Rosene.

Flowserve makes pumps, seals and other components for energy, chemical and other industries, according to the company's website, flowserve.com.

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