21.   Borden, after all, says its announcement to close the plant is part of a strategy to cut big losses in its pasta business.

22.   Both companies benefited from efforts to reduce costs by closing plants and installing new operations systems.

23.   A Doraville, Georgia, plant was closed before the strike for a new-model changeover.

24.   A similar consolidation in Europe will mean closing a plant in France and combining its operations in Germany, for example.

25.   A smaller number of jobs are to be lost when production plants are closed.

26.   A wood chip plant will be closed for six months beginning next week, the company said.

27.   Adding spice to this battle is the presence of Jerome Kohlberg, founding partner of the company closing the plant.

28.   All domestic auto plants were closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

29.   All Ford assembly plants are closed Sunday except a Michigan truck plant, and union members are expected to report to work there without a new contract.