BCA Bearings says it may close plant at Greensburg

New Technology Network-BCA Corp. said it may close its Greensburg plant as part of a corporate restructuring, costing 280 jobs.

NTN-BCA said it was considering consolidating its manufacturing operations at it plant in Lititz, Pa., the company said in a news release.

"Based on future business conditions at both facilities, the company plans to restructure the business by eliminating products in the market that are not currently or in the future beneficial to the company," the company said in a news release.

A representative of the Lititz plant met with officials at the Greensburg plant Monday. NTN-BCA manufactures bearings and other anti-friction devices for the forklift, agricultural and automotive industries. Its American corporate headquarters is in Elgin, Ill., and its parent corporation NTN is based in Osaka, Japan.

The company acquired the plants in Lititz and Greensburg in 1996 when it acquired Federal-Mogul Corp., establishing NTN-BCA.

Greensburg Mayor Gary Bailey said the plant's closing would be bad news for the city of 10,000 about 40 miles southeast of Indianapolis.

"It doesn't exactly say they are closing, but it doesn't sound good," he said of the company statement.

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