EMCON Technologies to Close Concord, Ontario, Canada Site

    TROY, Mich., Aug. 22 /EMWNews/ -- EMCON Technologies today announced

it would close its Light Vehicle Emissions facility in Concord, Ontario,

Canada by October 2008 due to over capacity in the North American Light

Vehicle market.



    The Concord facility is a producer of exhaust systems for the North

American light vehicle market and employs 128 production-related employees,

members of the United Steel Workers union, and 14 salaried employees.

Manufacturing in Concord will be relocated to EMCON Technologies' existing

locations in Columbus, Indiana, and Dexter, Missouri.



    Mike Wood, Vice President Operations, North America, said, "We regret

the closure of the Concord facility and have looked at different

alternatives; however, due to volume reduction and the balance out of

current platform, this type of action becomes necessary to remain

competitive in the industry. These actions do not reflect on the

performance of the Concord facility. The performance and the level of

commitment to our customer from our workforce have been very good. Our

employees are highly skilled and have worked hard to support our customer

demands."



    The company and union will commence discussions on the closure process

starting the week of August 25.



    EMCON Technologies is a leader in the global emission technology

industry with revenue of $4 U.S. billion. The company serves worldwide

light and commercial vehicle manufacturers. EMCON has operations in 19

countries, with 7,500 employees and several long-term joint venture

relationships. EMCON is privately owned by One Equity Partners, an equity

investment firm based in New York.