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RemArms, the current version of Remington Arms, will close its facility in the Mohawk Valley village of Ilion amid legal pressure over the Sandy Hook school massacre.
RemArms, the current version of Remington Arms, will close its facility in the Mohawk Valley village of Ilion around March 4.
The plant currently employs about 270 workers, according to union officials.
ILION, N.Y. (AP) -- A gun factory in upstate New York with a history stretching back to the 19th century is scheduled to close in March, according to a letter from the company to union officials.
A gun factory in upstate New York with a history stretching back to the 19th century is scheduled to close in March, according to a letter from the company to union officials. RemArms, the current version of Remington Arms, will close its facility in the Mohawk Valley village of Ilion around March 4, according to the letter sent Nov. 30. It said the company "did not arrive at this decision lightly," according to the Observer-Dispatch of Utica. The plant employs about 270 workers, according to union officials.