Former McGill factory with more than century of history winding down operations in Valparaiso
VALPARAISO â Workers have been filling the remaining orders for bearings for Black Hawk helicopters and winding down operations at a factory long run by McGill Manufacturing, which was founded in Valparaiso 116 years ago and has been an institution ever since. Wisconsin-based Regal Beloit, which acquired the aerospace plant at 2300 Evans Ave. in 2015, decided to shutter it after workers went on strike over proposed steep increases to their out-of-pocket health care expenses in 2019. President Joe Biden, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and former U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky al...