Borg-Warner Corporation

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          • WOOSTER LOCATION ****
Borg-Warner Corporation
Type Automotive parts, new, merchant wholesalers; Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Industry Manufacturer; Wholesale
Fate Dissolved (Wooster Location)
Founded Wooster, Ohio, Spring, (1952 (1952))
Founder(s) J. Robert McConnell
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1700 Old Mansfield Rd, Wooster, Ohio
Products Engine Group: Morse Systems, Emissions Systems, Thermal Systems, Turbo Systems DriveTrain Group: Transmission Systems, TorqTransfer Systems
Divisions Wooster Division, 1952-
Website www.borgwarner.com

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  • 1952 - Spring, Wooster Division of Borg-Warner Corp established under Grandstand at the Wayne County Fair; producing gear-type fuel and hydraulic pumps for jet aircraft [1]
  • 1956 - Switched to Farm & industrial equipment [2]
  • 1979 - July, became Rexroth Corporation, a German based company specializing in hydraulic pumps and valves [3]
  • 2001 - May, Became Bosch Rexroth, the Automatic Division of German company Rober Bosch GmbH merged with Rexroth Corp creating Bosch Rexroth [4]
  • 2004 - January, Contract ratification placed the UAW Local 1239 union in a position where there was no more room for negotiation... a wage freeze, insurance changes and combiing jobs into few position. [5]
  • 2006 - Wooster location closed

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  • Wooster, Ohio Sesquicentennial Celebration, June 14-21, 1958, p. 98.

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Rexroth is closing

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  1. Rexroth is Closing. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 December 10.
  2. Rexroth is Closing. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 December 10.
  3. Rexroth is Closing. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 December 10.
  4. Rexroth is Closing. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 December 10.
  5. Rexroth is Closing. Naomi Snyder. Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio. 2005 December 10.

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