Laconia jobless/unemployed

fatlazyless · 03-31-2010, 11:08 AM

There's a good sized manufactoring building for sale now over on Hounsell Ave near the Laconia-Gilford border that had been the Freudenburg-NOK plant for making silicone injected-iso elastic automobile parts. I have no idea what a silicone injected-iso elastic car part is, but it kept about 130 people busy with jobs that paid maybe 18-22/hour. Fredenburg-NOK is a partnership between Freudenburg, a German company, and NOK, a Japanese company, and it grosses maybe a billion dollars/year. The 2008-2009 slowdown in automobile purchases was the reason for closing the plant due to lack of demand for their car parts.

That had to be a pretty big hit to the local Laconia employees who lost their jobs.

Another big Laconia job loss was the closing of the NH state prison in Laconia.

Where do you go now to find jobs like these in Laconia? Maybe everyone in the area can all go work for the city as City of Laconia employees, or Town of Meredith employees, or State of New Hampshire employees. or Belknap County employees?

A front page article in today's March 31 LaDaSun tells how the Sunoco gasoline/convenience store close to the high school, "Quikstop is latest Laconia convenience store to bite the dust", is closing due to lack of business. www.laconiadailysun.com

BroadHopper · 03-31-2010, 11:15 AM

also close their Franklin, NH and Bristol, NH plant as well. There was another plant in Rochester that made dashboard pads for automobiles. That is closed as well.

As for defense industry, the goverment is cutting back on defense spending, and consequently jobs. Halting the F22 project put 190,000 people out of work.

03-31-2010, 11:08 AM	#1
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,174 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	There's a good sized manufactoring building for sale now over on Hounsell Ave near the Laconia-Gilford border that had been the Freudenburg-NOK plant for making silicone injected-iso elastic automobile parts. I have no idea what a silicone injected-iso elastic car part is, but it kept about 130 people busy with jobs that paid maybe 18-22/hour. Fredenburg-NOK is a partnership between Freudenburg, a German company, and NOK, a Japanese company, and it grosses maybe a billion dollars/year. The 2008-2009 slowdown in automobile purchases was the reason for closing the plant due to lack of demand for their car parts. That had to be a pretty big hit to the local Laconia employees who lost their jobs. Another big Laconia job loss was the closing of the NH state prison in Laconia. Where do you go now to find jobs like these in Laconia? Maybe everyone in the area can all go work for the city as City of Laconia employees, or Town of Meredith employees, or State of New Hampshire employees. or Belknap County employees? A front page article in today's March 31 LaDaSun tells how the Sunoco gasoline/convenience store close to the high school, "Quikstop is latest Laconia convenience store to bite the dust", is closing due to lack of business. www.laconiadailysun.com __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!

03-31-2010, 11:15 AM	#2
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,669 Thanks: 3,282 Thanked 1,132 Times in 814 Posts	Freudenburg-NOK also close their Franklin, NH and Bristol, NH plant as well. There was another plant in Rochester that made dashboard pads for automobiles. That is closed as well. As for defense industry, the goverment is cutting back on defense spending, and consequently jobs. Halting the F22 project put 190,000 people out of work. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

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