De Queen, Nashville Husqvarna plants to consolidate

By next October, all positions at the DeQueen Husqvarna plant will be consolidated with the Nashville, Ark. operations of the company. About 600 workers at the De Queen facility will be affected, and the De Queen plant will remain open as a warehouse for raw and finished products. Joe Wilson, director of human relations at Husqvarna, said that the De Queen employees will be offered the opportunity to transfer to the Nashville plant first if they’re able to commute. "For those who can’t, we’ll do everything we can to get them help," said Wilson. Here's more from today's Texarkana Gazette.