Oh, I know I’m not the first to break this news, but if the Journal Star can say they’ve got the “exclusive” on this when PeoriaIllinoisan already reported it on the 15th, then heck, I can say I’ve got an exclusive, too.
The German-based company Bosch has bought out local sprinkler maker L. R. Nelson, previously owned by former Peoria mayor Dave Ransburg.
It is expected Bosch, the multi-faceted, Stuttgart, Germany-based company, will keep the Nelson business intact, including the company’s 250 employees, as well as the Peoria facility, [Ransburg] added.
Of course, if Ransburg said the employees are safe, they’d better start looking for new jobs. He said he wouldn’t be sending any jobs overseas either, right before he sent jobs overseas. So I wouldn’t take his word on anything.
You are feisty today, CJ. I kinda like it.
“Overseas” is the correct spelling.
As for this beautiful PJ Star article, they forgot to mention, as did Ransburg, that all full-time employees are being kept. All part-time employees are laid off as of today (Friday, September 19).
As a former Nelson employee who definitely jumped ship before it started sinking back in March, I’m glad to see that a stronger company has taken over, but disappointed that it took so many employees moving away from Nelson, such as myself and most of my coworkers in our division, to realize that this was what needed to be done.
The ship started sinking way before March (unless you are saying March of another year or decade).
Before everything in the industry started going to China, there were plans for anther expansion at Nelson.
Sorry about the dead link. Here’s one that works.
http://peoriaillinoisan.blogpeoria.com/2008/09/19/lr-nelson-sold/