11.   Instead of plotting expansions, Tower will be in the process of its plant shutdowns through the second half of the year.

12.   Its pharmaceutical business has been reeling from a major drug recall, a plant shutdown and disappointments in drug research.

13.   Loud groans were heard from Cheboygan to Kalamazoo, a reaction normally reserved for auto plant shutdowns.

14.   Motor vehicles and parts accounted for more than three-quarters of the decrease, due to auto plant shutdowns for model-year conversions, the Commerce Department reported today.

15.   Several companies, including Stone Container, Union Camp Corp. and Gaylord Container Corp., extended temporary plant shutdowns for routine maintenance to adjust to the lower demand.

16.   Sales of engines and solar turbines are also depressed, Caterpillar said, which could force temporary plant shutdowns in Europe and Latin America.

17.   That fuel had already been chopped up and immersed in a liquid dissolver compound when the plant shutdown came.

18.   The company said a plant shutdown in Louisiana was largely to blame.

19.   The company settled seven strikes in the past two years by conceding to union demands rather than risk the extensive plant shutdowns that occurred this time.

20.   The company also said it scheduled a two-day plant shutdown for this month and a two-week closing in August.